This book introduces novel methods and approaches for semantic integration. In addition to developing ground-breaking new methods for ontology alignment, the au

Ontologies tend to be found everywhere. They are viewed as the silver bullet for many applications, such as database integration, peer-to-peer systems, e-commer

Ontologies are viewed as the silver bullet for many applications, but in open or evolving systems, different parties can adopt different ontologies. This increa

Information systems development underwent many changes as systems transitioned onto web-based forums. Complemented by advancements in security and technology, i

It is investigated how biologically-inspired optimisation methods can be used to compute alignments between ontologies. Independent of particular similarity met