Theory and Applications of Ontology: Computer Applications (PDF)

Roberto Poli (B.A. in sociology, with honors, Ph.D. on ontology for knowledge engineers, Utrecht) is editor-in-chief of Axiomathes (Springer), a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the study of ontology and cognitive systems, editor of Categories (Ontos), and member of the Academic Board of Directors of the Metanexus Institute, Philadelphia. His research interests include (1) ontology, in both its traditional philosophical understanding and the new, computer-oriented, understanding, (2) the theory of values and the concept of person and (3) anticipatory systems, i.e. system able to take decisions according to their possible future development. Poli has published four books, edited or co-edited more than 20 books or journal's special issues and published more than 150 scientific papers. He teaches Applied Ethics and Futures Studies at the Faculty of Sociology and gives a course in Ontology at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, University of Trento.



Michael J. Healy received a B.A degree in mathematics from Eastern Washington University at Cheney, Washington in 1965 and a M.S. in mathematics from the University of Idaho in 1967. From 1967 through 2001 he worked for The Boeing Company, first as a consultant in nonlinear programming and, beginning in 1989, in research. His research spanned neural networks, machine learning, formal verification, and applications of category theory in software synthesis, knowledge based systems (KBS) engineering (KBSE), and knowledge representation and ontologies for KBS interoperability. He is now a Senior Research Scholar in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE) at the University of New Mexico, which he joined in 2000. He continues to pursue his research interests in the semantics of neural networks, cognitive neuroscience, knowledge representation, and ontologies for systems, including computational, cognitive, and social systems. Category theory is the central ma thematical discipline for

From the reviews:

“This book is actually the second volume in a two-volume set on theory and applications of ontology. This volume emphasizes computer applications … . The 24 chapters are grouped into four main clusters. … This book is an important contribution to the literature.” (Anthony J. Duben, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2013)