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dc.contributor.authorJanjua, Naeem
dc.contributor.authorHussain, Farookh
dc.contributor.authorHussain, Omar
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:56:42Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:56:42Z
dc.date.created2012-08-01T20:00:21Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationJanjua, Naeem Khalid and Hussain, Farookh Khadeer and Hussain, Omar Khadeer. 2012. Semantic information and knowledge integration through argumentative reasoning to support intelligent decision making. Information Systems Frontiers. 15 (2): pp. 167-192.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41975
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10796-012-9365-x
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The availability of integrated, high quality information is a pre-requisite for a decision support system (DSS) to aid in the decision-making process. The introduction of semantic web ensures the seamless integration of information derived from diverse sources and transforms the DSS to an adoptable and flexible Semantic Web-DSS (Web-DSS). However, due to the monotonic nature of the layered development of semantic web, it lacks the capability to represent, reason and integrate incomplete and conflicting information. This, in turn, renders an enterprise incapable of knowledge integration; that is, integration of information about a subject that could potentially be incomplete, inconsistent and distributed among different Web-DSS within or across enterprises. In this article, we address the issues of incomplete and inconsistent semantic information and knowledge integration by using argumentation and argumentation schemes. We discuss the Argumentation-enabled Information Integration Web-DSS (Web@IDSS) along with its syntax and semantics for semantic information integration, and devise a methodology for sharing the results of Web@IDSS in Argument Interchange Format (AIF) format. We also discuss Argumentation-enabled Knowledge Integration Web-DSS (Web@KIDSS) for semantic knowledge integration. We provide formal syntax and semantics for the Web@KIDSS, propose a conceptual framework, and describe it in detail. We present the algorithms for knowledge integration and the prototype application for validation of results.

dc.publisherSpringer
dc.subjectArgumentation schemes
dc.subjectInformation integration
dc.subjectArgumentation
dc.subjectWeb based DSS
dc.subjectSemantic web
dc.titleSemantic information and knowledge integration through argumentative reasoning to support intelligent decision making
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume14
dcterms.source.issn15729419
dcterms.source.titleInformation Systems Frontiers
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