Buch, Englisch, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 450 g
How Scientists Build and Use Classifications and Ontologies
Buch, Englisch, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 450 g
ISBN: 978-0-323-91786-5
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing
Classification Made Relevant: How Scientists Build and Use Classifications and Ontologies explains how classifications and ontologies are designed and used to analyze scientific information. The book presents the fundamentals of classification, leading up to a description of how computer scientists use object-oriented programming languages to model classifications and ontologies. Numerous examples are chosen from the Classification of Life, the Periodic Table of the Elements, and the symmetry relationships contained within the Classification Theorem of Finite Simple Groups. When these three classifications are tied together, they provide a relational hierarchy connecting all of the natural sciences.
The book's chapters introduce and describe general concepts that can be understood by any intelligent reader. With each new concept, they follow practical examples selected from various scientific disciplines. In these cases, technical points and specialized vocabulary are linked to glossary items where the item is clarified and expanded.
Zielgruppe
Upper division undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers across a broad range of STM disciplines who need to organize and analyze information; graduate students, researchers and professionals in library science, computer and data science.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1. Sitting in Class 2. Classification Logic 3. Ontologies and Semantics 4. Coping with Paradoxical or Flawed Classifications and Ontologies 5. The Class-Oriented Programming Paradigm 6. The Classification of Life 7. The Periodic Table 8. Classifying the Universe