Managing complex disaster situations is a challenging task because of the large number of actors involved and the critical nature of the events themselves. In particular, the different terminologies and technical vocabularies that are being exchanged...
Existing smart city ontologies allow representing different types of city-related data from cities. They have been developed according to different ontological commitments and hence do not share a minimum core model that would facilitate interoperabi...
This paper presents the properties of ontological information. We claim that ontological information is characterized by epistemic neutrality (EN), physical embodiment (PE), and formative nature (FN). We also have formulated the following two corolla...
The debate about information is clearly ontological: how do we know what is real? Which is the object of our knowledge? Only after having clarified this point we can start epistemological debates, which at their turn, are part of the ontological pers...
Based on the general theory of information (GTI), we study ontological information, which is complementary to the concept of mental information in general and epistemic information in particular.
27 March 2025
According to ontological addiction theory, the root cause of mental suffering is a dysfunctional conceptualisation of the self. Typically, an individual with such a flawed self-concept deems themselves to be intrinsically separate from their surround...
Ontologies enable the construction of formal and reusable semantic representations of domain knowledge; however, keeping them updated in response to the dynamic evolution of concepts remains a challenge, particularly in the leadership domain, where t...
The nature of the psychedelic experience, and the distinctive phenomenological features it generates, leaves it susceptible to an unresolved epistemological tension between first-person phenomenological reports and claims about the fundamental nature...
Today’s technological improvements have made ubiquitous healthcare systems that converge into smart healthcare applications in order to solve patients’ problems, to communicate effectively with patients, and to improve healthcare service quality. The...
The ontology behind quantum mechanics has been the subject of endless debate since the theory was formulated some 100 years ago. It has been suggested, at one time or another, that the objects described by the theory may be individual particles, wave...
This study examines the key obstacles that hinder the mass adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) processes for fabrication and processing of metal parts. To address these challenges, the necessity of integrating an intelligent decision support syst...
Argumentation-oriented discourse analysis usually focuses on what is being said and how, following the text under analysis quite literally, and paying little attention to the things in the world to which the text refers. However, to perform argumenta...
We present a three–dimensional field ontology for Bohmian mechanics in which the single-particle wave functions defined in ordinary physical space are taken as ontological elements alongside particle positions. In this view, each particle is as...
Spatial and temporal ontologies play a foundational role in modeling dynamic real-world phenomena across domains such as geographic information systems, artificial intelligence, and the Semantic Web. Although decades of research have advanced spatial...
The present work describes the development of a conceptual representation model of the domain of the theory of formal grammars and abstract machines through ontological modeling. The main goal is to develop an ontology capable of deriving new knowled...
When discussing the concepts of risk, safety, and security, people have an intuitive understanding of what these concepts mean, and, to a certain level, this understanding is universal. However, when delving into the real meaning of these concepts, o...
The deployment of ubiquitous sensor systems and algorithms has led to many challenges, such as matching sensor systems to compatible algorithms which are capable of satisfying a task. Compounding the challenges is the lack of the requisite knowledge...
The cause of cracks in concrete is traditionally estimated by analyzing information such as patterns and locations of the cracks and whether other defects are present, followed by aggregating the findings to estimate the cause. This method is highly...
While all types of musical works have been affected by the advent of recording, it has not always been in the same way or to the same extent. The aim of this paper is to delve into these differences and to clarify the role played by recording in defi...
One way to increase the understanding of texts by machines is through adding semantic information to lexical items by including metadata tags, a process also called semantic annotation. There are several semantic aspects that can be added to the word...
Background/Objectives: Silver’s ability to kill pathogenic bacteria is being widely researched in environment, consumer, and health-related applications. One topic of voluminous research is the antimicrobial properties of silver and silver in w...
This paper presents a process-centric ontology for the semantic representation of cyber–physical systems (CPSs) within knowledge-based production planning (KPP). The approach integrates physical systems (PSs), cyber systems (CSs), and CPSs into...
The use of ontological knowledge to improve classification results is a promising line of research. The availability of a probabilistic ontology raises the possibility of combining the probabilities coming from the ontology with the ones produced by...
For today’s global value chains, seaports and their operations are indispensable components. In many cases, the cargo handling takes place in close proximity to residential and/or environmentally sensitive areas. Furthermore, seaports are often...
This paper studies the concept of “ontological pluralism”, developed by Heidegger scholar Iain Thomson, in relation to the waḥdat al-wujūd framework of Ibn ʻArabī’s school. Heidegger’s ontological differen...
The AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation) sector is highly complex, involving multidisciplinary collaboration, extensive data management, and significant financial investments. Decisions in early phases significantly impact op...
The technology of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) becomes one of the most important research applications in the area of computer network security. The overall functionality of SIEM systems depends largely on the quality of solutions...
This paper investigates Alfred North Whitehead and Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s attempts to develop a historical, dynamic ontology (a “process ontology”, according to the former, and an “ontology of the flesh” for the latter)...
For patients with rare comorbidities, there are insufficient observations to accurately estimate the effectiveness of treatment. At the same time, all diagnosis, including rare diagnosis, are part of the International Classification of Disease (ICD)....
This paper presents an ontology that involves using information from various sources from different disciplines and combining it in order to predict whether a given person is in a radicalization process. The purpose of the ontology is to improve the...
11 August 2022
Knowing the state of mental health research in adolescents and youth can be an important tool for decision-making, especially in contexts of limited resources. The aim of this study is to map the scientific research on adolescent and youth mental hea...
Based on the concept of ontological states and their dynamical evolution by permutations, as assumed in the Cellular Automaton Interpretation (CAI) of quantum mechanics, we address the issue of whether quantum-classical hybrids can be described consi...
In the Appendix to his dissertation, with respect to Kant, Marx provided an in-depth analysis of the ontological proof of the existence of God. Here, we explore this analysis in detail. Firstly, we argue that “faith” (Glaube) is the found...
The in vitro human embryo is a liminal being towards which the beneficiaries of assisted reproductive technology (ART) can ascribe different moral statuses. Moreover, this ontological manipulation can be combined with a temporal dimension. Namely, a...
In this article, I argue that the climate crisis is a symptom of dissonant eco-subjects and relations that are, in part, produced by Abrahamic religious/spiritual traditions—traditions that function as apparatuses of the ontological rift betwee...
One of the issues in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is language representation and modeling, aiming to manage its structure and find solutions to linguistic issues. With the pursuit of the most efficient capture of...
Air Traffic Management (ATM) has become complicated mainly due to the increase and variety of input information from Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) systems as well as the proliferation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) requiring U...
This paper employs Zhuangzi’s concept of Xiaoyao (free and easy wandering) as a hermeneutic lens—an interpretive instrument rather than a claim of philosophical correspondence—to re-examine the phenomenological “ontological tu...
In the wake of the postsecular turn, we propose to reappraise both the religious as studied in anthropology and how anthropologists who have religious or spiritual interests can contribute to an emerging postsecular anthropology. Such an anthropology...
Dietary guidelines are a key policy instrument in guiding the way people eat in many countries. Traditionally, the guidelines focus on the public health aspects of diets. During the last decade, sustainability has increasingly been incorporated into...
Contemporary cognitive science is predominantly grounded in physicalist assumptions that locate cognition and consciousness in neural and computational processes. While these approaches have yielded significant empirical advances, they often struggle...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the deaths of millions of people around the world. The scientific community faces a tough struggle to reduce the effects of this pandemic. Several investigations dealing with different perspectives have been carried o...
Metro accidents are apt to cause serious consequences, such as casualties or heavy economic loss. Once accidents occur, quick and accurate decision-making is essential to prevent emergent accidents from getting worse, which remains a challenge due to...
The perception of our heritage is based on sign-functions, which relate visual representations to cognitive types, allowing us to make perceptual judgements over physical objects. The recording of these types of assertions is paramount for the compre...
Accurate measurement of semantic similarity between geographic terms is a fundamental challenge in geographic information science, directly influencing tasks such as knowledge retrieval, ontology-based reasoning, and semantic search in geographic inf...
Debates over Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles (Ikkarim) have examined their doctrinal authority and contested reception. This article asks how their truth claims belong to halakhic existence. Its theoretical framework treats nature and creation...
The article presents the results of the application of an ontological approach to the description of the structure and content of the educational programme, and its subsequent analysis for the consistency of prerequisites and learning outcomes of cou...
In line with the increasing calls for more transformative and transgressive learning in the context of sustainability studies, this article explores how encounters between different ontologies can lead to socio-ecological sustainability. With the dom...
Accurate building information plays a crucial role for urban planning, human settlements and environmental management. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images, which deliver images with metric resolution, allow for analyzing and extracting detailed inf...
Recent studies on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in the context of the coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) pandemic have reported two important problems, i.e., high mortality and vulnerability among COPD patients vs. non-COPD patients. T...
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