Open AccessAn Activity-based Carpooling Microsimulation Using Ontology
Author(s) -
SungJin Cho,
JeonYoung Kang,
Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar,
Luk Knapen,
Tom Bellemans,
Davy Janssens,
Geert Wets,
Chulsue Hwang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
procedia computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 76
ISSN - 1877-0509
DOI - 10.1016/j.procs.2013.06.012
Subject(s) - computer science , ontology , process ontology , ontology based data integration , consistency (knowledge bases) , upper ontology , parsing , suggested upper merged ontology , ontology alignment , domain (mathematical analysis) , focus (optics) , information retrieval , software engineering , domain knowledge , artificial intelligence , philosophy , epistemology , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , optics
This study aims to show an ability of Ontology, which is a formal explicit description of concepts in a domain of interest, in an activity-based microsimulation. Thus, an agent-based carpooling application using ontology techniques is presented as a case study with a focus on three functions of the Ontology. First, Ontology facilitates integrating between heterogeneous databases by defining the relationship between their concepts. Second, Ontology verifies the compatibility and consistency between the different angles to combine varied models in a common structure by providing shared knowledge between different domains modelling with the definition of objects and concepts. Lastly, Ontology is useful for modelling agent communication by means of making explicit the parsed message between agents with the shared knowledge. This paper introduces related studies and basic knowledge about using methodologies, and supports an example of using Ontology in an agent-based carpooling simulation
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