Knowledge Representation: A Classification with Applications in Telecommunications and the Web
01 January 2001
(Title was Knowledge Representation: A Classification with Applicability to Telecommunications) Knowledge representation is often treated as an integral part of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, machine learning, formal languages and other research areas. However, knowledge representation applications can be found today in different sectors of industry, including e-commerce, manufacturing, and telecommunications. This paper surveys and examines knowledge representation schemes found in the AI literature, and identifies commonalities in perspectives and underlying philosophies of the various representation schemes, including their applications and extensions. A close examination of the different schemes reveals that they can be classified under one or more of the four major knowledge representation philosophies: objects, networks, frames, and logic. Finally, this paper presents examples of how the different knowledge representation philosophies are used for telecommunication applications available today.