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# Proceedings of the

# IJCAI-99 Workshop on Ontologies and Problem-Solving Methods: Lessons Learned and Future Trends

#### Held on August 2, 1999 in conjunction with the
Sixteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
City Conference Center, Stockholm, Sweden

Homepage of the workshop

## Edited by

V. Richard Benjamins, SWI, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
richard@swi.psy.uva.nl

CEUR Publications, Volume 18, and
University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ISBN 90-5470-085-8

## Co-chairs

- V. Richard Benjamins, SWI, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
richard@swi.psy.uva.nl
- B. Chandrasekaran, Lab for AI Research The Ohio State University
chandra@cis.ohio-state.edu
- A. Gómez Pérez, Lab for AI, Technical University of Madrid (Spain)
asun@fi.upm.es
- Nicola Guarino, National Research Council LADSEB-CNR, Italy
guarino@ladseb.pd.cnr.it
- Mike Uschold, Advanced Research and Technology The Boeing Company
michael.f.uschold@boeing.com

## Table of Contents

Foreword to the proceedings

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1. Overview of Knowledge Sharing and Reuse Components: Ontologies and Problem-Solving Methods
A. Gómez Pérez, V.R. Benjamins
2. The Role of Identity Conditions in Ontology Design
N. Guarino
3. Interoperation for Development and Improvement of Expert Systems
N. Izumi, A. Maruyama, A. Suzuki, T. Yamaguchi
4. Overview of Methodologies for Building Ontologies
M. Fernandez Lopez
5. Managing Ontological Constraints
Y. Kalfoglou, D. Robertson
6. PHYSICIAN is a Role Played by an Object, whereas SIGN is a Role Played by a Concept
G. Kassel
7. Some Issues on Ontology Integration (ps)
H.S. Pinto, A. Gómez Pérez, J.P. Martins
8. Representing Capabilities of Problem Solving Methods
W. Swartout, Y. Gil, A. Valente
9. Integration of Knowledge in Synthesis Process
H. Takeda, A. Tsumaya, T. Tomiyama
10. Describing Problem Solving Methods Using Anytime Performance Profiles
A. ten Teije, F. van Harmelen
11. A Framework for Understanding and Classifying Ontology Applications
M. Uschold, R. Jasper
12. An Experience with Ontology-based Agent Clustering
P.R.S. Visser, V.A.M. Tamma
13. Constructing Domain Ontologies Based on Concept Drift Analysis
T. Yamaguchi
14. Ontologies for Symbolic Modeling in Practice?
H. Kaindl

submitted to CEUR-WS by V. Richard Benjamins, June 22, 1999