Querying with Vague Quantifiers Using Probabilistic Semantics

Fermüller, Christian; Hofer, Matthias; Ortiz, Magdalena

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59692-1_2

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https://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubtuw:3-3467
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/893

Title:

Querying with Vague Quantifiers Using Probabilistic Semantics

Citation:

Fermüller, C., Hofer, M., & Ortiz, M. (2017). Querying with Vague Quantifiers Using Probabilistic Semantics. In H. Christiansen, H. Jaudoin, P. Chountas, T. Andreasen, & H. L. Larsen (Eds.), Flexible Query Answering Systems : 12th International Conference, FQAS 2017, London, UK, June 21–22, 2017, Proceedings. Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59692-1_2

CatalogPlus:

AC15058951

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/978-3-319-59692-1_2

Publication Type:

Inproceedings - Full-Paper Contribution

Language:

English

Authors:

Fermüller, Christian
Hofer, Matthias
Ortiz, Magdalena

Organisational Unit:

E192-05 - Forschungsbereich Theory and Logic

Published in:

Flexible Query Answering Systems : 12th International Conference, FQAS 2017, London, UK, June 21–22, 2017, Proceedings

ISBN:

9783319596921

Volume:

10333

DOI of the book:

10.1007/978-3-319-59692-1

Date (published):

2017

Event name:

FQAS: International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems 2017

Event date:

21-Jun-2017 - 22-Jun-2017

Event place:

London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Number of Pages:

Publisher:

Springer Cham

Peer reviewed:

Yes

Keywords:

querying; RDF; semi-fuzzy quantifiers; probabilistic semantics

Abstract:

Many realistic scenarios call for answers to questions involving vague expressions like almost all, about half, or at least about a third. We present a modular extension of classical first-order queries over relational databases, with binary, proportional, semi-fuzzy quantifiers modeling such expressions via random sampling. The extended query language has an intuitive semantics, and allows one to pose natural queries whose answers. This is also demonstrated by experiments with an implementation involving the (geographical) MONDIAL data set.

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