Towards a Formal Pedigree Ontology for Level-One Sensor Fusion

Abstract

This paper describes the authors' efforts to develop a pedigree ontology for level-one sensor fusion. This work was performed in the context of naval operations but the concepts employed are applicable to any domain involving sensor fusion. The ontology that has been developed is formally represented using OWL, the Web Ontology Language used in defining ontologies for the Semantic Web. One advantage of using OWL is that it has a formal semantics and there is a growing number of formal systems for processing and reasoning about OWL-based documents. The paper will describe the pedigree ontology in detail along with the motivation for various design decisions. An example will be given of the ontology's use in conjunction with OTH-T GOLD track data; in a simulated scenario pedigree information permits the informed selection of preferred vessel tracks. The paper concludes with a discussion of open issues and future directions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA444581

Entities

People

  • Christopher J. Matheus
  • David R. Tribble
  • Marion G. Ceruti
  • Mieczyslaw M. Kokar
  • Scott C. Mcgirr

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Computing
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Science
  • Data Fusion
  • Formal Languages
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Language
  • Models
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels
  • Naval Warfare
  • Ontologies
  • Semantic Models
  • Sensor Fusion

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.