Supervisor: Patrick Koopmann (p.k.koopmann@vu.nl)
Ontologies often contain expressions that are more complex than necessary. This is even more a problem with ontology content that is automatically generated, which appears in many applications. The aim of this project is to develop a method to optimize concept expressions by replacing them by equivalent expressions that are of minimal size. We recently developed a method that can do this for a language of rather limited expressivity. The student will extend this framework, possibly using techniques from concept learning.
The supervisor will give an introduction to the topic and the proposed idea at the beginning of the project. You can contact the supervisor if you would like to have more information on this project or would like to discuss it in more detail in person.