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MULTIKAT, a tool for comparing knowledge of multiple experts

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Conceptual Structures: Theory, Tools and Applications (ICCS 1998)

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This paper presents MULTIKAT, a tool aimed at conflict management during knowledge modeling from multiple experts: this tools allows to compare knowledge of several experts both automatically and cooperatively, when such knowledge is represented through Sowa's conceptual graph formalism. MULTIKAT implements an algorithm of comparison and integration of several supports, and an algorithm of comparison and integration of multiple conceptual graphs corresponding to different viewpoints, the integration being guided by different integration strategies. This paper details this last algorithm.

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  1. INRIA, ACACIA Project, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902, Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France

    Rose Dieng

  2. PTV Planungsbüro Transport und Verkehr GmbH, Stumpfstraße 1, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Stefan Hug

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Dieng, R., Hug, S. (1998). MULTIKAT, a tool for comparing knowledge of multiple experts. In: Mugnier, ML., Chein, M. (eds) Conceptual Structures: Theory, Tools and Applications. ICCS 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1453. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0054911

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