Reasoning about typicality in low complexity DLs: The logics EL Tminand DL-LitecTmin

Laura Giordano, Valentina Gliozzi, Nicola Olivetti, Gian Luca Pozzato

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Abstract

We propose a nonmonotonic extension of low complexity Description Logics EL and DL-Litecore for reasoning about typicality and defeasible properties. The resulting logics are called EL Tmin and DL-LitecTmin. Concerning DL-LitecTmin, we prove that entailment is in Π2p. With regard to ELTmin, we first show that entailment remains EXPTIME-hard. Next we consider the known fragment of Left Local ELTmin and we prove that the complexity of entailment drops to Π2p.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIJCAI 2011 - 22nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Pages894-899
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event22nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2011 - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Duration: 16 Jul 201122 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameIJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
ISSN (Print)1045-0823

Conference

Conference22nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2011
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona, Catalonia
Period16/07/1122/07/11

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