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Capability-based context ontology modeling and reasoning for C4ISR communication

Weixing Zhu1, Zhixue Wang1,*, Guolin Hou2, and Minggang Yu1   

  1. 1. Institute of Command Information System, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210007, China; 2. The First Engineers Scient c Research Institute of General Armaments Department, Wuxi 214035, China
  • Online:2016-08-24 Published:2010-01-03

Abstract:

Modeling and reasoning on domain contexts play a key role for adding intelligence to communication services, and the approach of capability-based requirement engineering ensures the scientificity and accuracy of requirement elicita- tion. This paper presents a capability-based context ontology modeling approach for command and control, communication, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) communication. Primarily, a capability-based C4ISR communica- tion meta-concept model and a C4ISR communication context meta-ontology are constructed. The context ontology is established under the constraints of the C4ISR communication context meta-ontology, and furthermore, algorithms are proposed to support context reasoning based on description logic. A case study is presented to demonstrate applicability of the proposed method.service intelligentizing, C4ISR communication, context ontology, context reasoning.