A logic-based approach to multimedia interpretation [Elektronische Ressource] / von Atila Kaya

A Logic-Based Approach toMultimedia InterpretationVom Promotionsausschuss derTechnischen Universit at Hamburg-Harburgzur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDoktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)genehmigte DissertationvonAtila Kayaaus Izmir, Turk ei2011Reviewers:Prof. Dr. Ralf M ollerProf. Dr. Bernd NeumannProf. Dr. Rolf-Rainer GrigatDay of the defense:28.02.2011AbstractThe availability of metadata about the semantics of information in mul-timedia documents is crucial for building semantic applications that o erconvenient access to relevant information and services. In this work, wepresent a novel approach for the automatic generation of rich semanticmetadata based on surface-level information. For the extraction of therequired surface-level information state-of-the-art analysis tools are used.The approach exploits a logic-based formalism as the foundation for knowl-edge representation and reasoning. To develop a declarative approach, weformalize a multimedia interpretation algorithm that exploits formal infer-ence services o ered by a state-of-the-art reasoning engine. Furthermore,we present the semantic interpretation engine, a software system that im-plements the logic-based multimedia interpretation approach, and test itthrough experimental studies. We use the results of our tests to evaluatethe tness of our logic-based approach in practice. Finally, we conclude thiswork by highlighting promising areas for future work.