Strategies for Ontology Negotiation: Finding the Right Level of Generality

Authors:
Jurriaan Diggelen;Edwin D. Jong;Marco A. Wiering
Affiliations:
Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands;Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands;Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Venue:
Agent Communication II
Year:
2006

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Abstract

In heterogeneous multi agent systems, communication is hampered by the lack of shared ontologies. Ontology negotiation is a technique that enables pairs of agents to overcome these difficulties by exchanging parts of their ontologies. As a result of these micro level solutions, a communication vocabulary emerges on a macro level. The goal of this paper is to ensure that this communication vocabulary contains words of the right level of generality, i.e. not overspecific and not overgeneralized. We will propose a number of communication strategies that enable the agents to achieve these goals. Using experimental results, we will compare their performance.