Ontology-based data access: An application to intermodal logistics

Authors:
Matteo Casu;Giuseppe Cicala;Armando Tacchella
Affiliations:
Dipartimento di Informatica, Bioingegneria, Robotica e Ingegneria dei Sistemi (DIBRIS), Scuola Politecnica, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy 16145;Dipartimento di Informatica, Bioingegneria, Robotica e Ingegneria dei Sistemi (DIBRIS), Scuola Politecnica, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy 16145;Dipartimento di Informatica, Bioingegneria, Robotica e Ingegneria dei Sistemi (DIBRIS), Scuola Politecnica, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy 16145
Venue:
Information Systems Frontiers
Year:
2013

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate ontology-based data access (OBDA) to build information systems whose purposes are (i) gathering data from a network of intermodal terminals, and (ii) computing performance indicators of the network. This application domain is characterized by large amounts of data and relatively simple data models, making it a natural challenge for logic-based knowledge representation and reasoning techniques. Considering relational database (RDB) technology as a yardstick, we show that careful engineering of OBDA can achieve RDB-like scalability even in demanding applications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study evaluating the potential of OBDA in a typical business-size application.