Modeling a Classification Scheme of Epileptic Seizures Using Ontology Web Language

Modeling a Classification Scheme of Epileptic Seizures Using Ontology Web Language

Bhaswati Ghosh, Partha S. Ghosh, Iftikhar U. Sikder
ISBN13: 9781466602823|ISBN10: 1466602821|EISBN13: 9781466602830
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0282-3.ch004
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Ghosh, Bhaswati, et al. "Modeling a Classification Scheme of Epileptic Seizures Using Ontology Web Language." Innovations in Data Methodologies and Computational Algorithms for Medical Applications, edited by Aryya Gangopadhyay, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 44-59. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0282-3.ch004

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Ghosh, B., Ghosh, P. S., & Sikder, I. U. (2012). Modeling a Classification Scheme of Epileptic Seizures Using Ontology Web Language. In A. Gangopadhyay (Ed.), Innovations in Data Methodologies and Computational Algorithms for Medical Applications (pp. 44-59). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0282-3.ch004

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Ghosh, Bhaswati, Partha S. Ghosh, and Iftikhar U. Sikder. "Modeling a Classification Scheme of Epileptic Seizures Using Ontology Web Language." In Innovations in Data Methodologies and Computational Algorithms for Medical Applications, edited by Aryya Gangopadhyay, 44-59. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0282-3.ch004

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Abstract

Ontology-based disease classification offers a way to rigorously assign disease types and to reuse diagnostic knowledge. However, ontology itself is not sufficient for fully representing the complex knowledge needed in classification schemes which are continuously evolving. This article describes the application of SWRL/OWL-DL to the representation of knowledge intended for proper classification of a complex neurological condition, namely epilepsy. The authors present a rigorous and expandable approach to the ontological classification of epileptic seizures based on the 1981ILAE classification. It provides a classification knowledge base that can be extended with rules that describe constraints in SWRL. Moreover, by transforming an OWL classification scheme into JESS (rule engine in Java platform) facts and by transforming SWRL constraints into JESS, logical inferences and reasoning provide a mechanism to discover new knowledge and facts. The logic representation of epileptic classification amounts to greater community understanding among practitioners, knowledge reuse and interoperability.

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