Conceptual Structures : Fulfilling Peirce ' s Dream

Abstract

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS '97, held in Seattle, Washington, USA, in August 1997.The 39 full papers presented were carefully selected and revised for inclusion in the volume. Also included are 9 abstracts of conceptual graphs tools. The papers are organized in sections on knowledge representation, knowledge modeling, formal concept analysis, formal reasoning, applications of conceptual graphs, and conceptual graphs tools. This book competently documents the progress achieved in the area since the predecessor conference ICCS '96, the proceedings of which have been published as LNAI 1115 H1 - SUB Bremen H2 - H1 - THULB Jena H2 - H1 - UB Rostock H2 - H1 - BIS Uni Oldenburg H2 - H1 - UB Osnabrueck H2 - H1 - UB Potsdam H2 - H1 - UB Braunschweig H2 - H1 - HSU Hamburg H2 - TS - GBV Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund