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A distance-based approach for semantic dissimilarity in knowledge graphs

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In this paper, we introduce a distance-based approach for measuring the semantic dissimilarity between two concepts in a knowledge graph. The proposed Normalized Semantic Web Distance (NSWD) extends the idea of the Normalized Web Distance, which is utilized to determine the dissimilarity between two textural terms, and utilizes additional semantic properties of nodes in a knowledge graph. We evaluate our proposal on the knowledge graph Freebase, where the NSWD achieves a correlation of up to 0.58 with human similarity assessments on the established Miller-Charles benchmark of 30 term-pairs. These preliminary results indicate that the proposed NSWD is a promising approach for assessing semantic dissimilarity in very large knowledge graphs.
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Dissimilarity, Semantic Distance, Knowledge Graph, Normalized Web Distance, SIMILARITY, RETRIEVAL

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De Nies, Tom, et al. “A Distance-Based Approach for Semantic Dissimilarity in Knowledge Graphs.” IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, edited by Lisa O’Connor, IEEE, 2016, pp. 253–56, doi:10.1109/ICSC.2016.55.
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De Nies, T., Beecks, C., Godin, F., De Neve, W., Stepien, G., Arndt, D., … Van de Walle, R. (2016). A distance-based approach for semantic dissimilarity in knowledge graphs. In L. O’Connor (Ed.), IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (pp. 253–256). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSC.2016.55
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De Nies, Tom, Christian Beecks, Fréderic Godin, Wesley De Neve, Grzegorz Stepien, Dörthe Arndt, Laurens De Vocht, et al. 2016. “A Distance-Based Approach for Semantic Dissimilarity in Knowledge Graphs.” In IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, edited by Lisa O’Connor, 253–56. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSC.2016.55.
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De Nies, Tom, Christian Beecks, Fréderic Godin, Wesley De Neve, Grzegorz Stepien, Dörthe Arndt, Laurens De Vocht, Ruben Verborgh, Thomas Seidl, Erik Mannens, and Rik Van de Walle. 2016. “A Distance-Based Approach for Semantic Dissimilarity in Knowledge Graphs.” In IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, ed by. Lisa O’Connor, 253–256. IEEE. doi:10.1109/ICSC.2016.55.
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De Nies T, Beecks C, Godin F, De Neve W, Stepien G, Arndt D, et al. A distance-based approach for semantic dissimilarity in knowledge graphs. In: O’Connor L, editor. IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing. IEEE; 2016. p. 253–6.
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T. De Nies et al., “A distance-based approach for semantic dissimilarity in knowledge graphs,” in IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, Laguna Hills, CA, USA, 2016, pp. 253–256.
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  abstract     = {{In this paper, we introduce a distance-based approach for measuring the semantic dissimilarity between two concepts in a knowledge graph. The proposed Normalized Semantic Web Distance (NSWD) extends the idea of the Normalized Web Distance, which is utilized to determine the dissimilarity between two textural terms, and utilizes additional semantic properties of nodes in a knowledge graph. We evaluate our proposal on the knowledge graph Freebase, where the NSWD achieves a correlation of up to 0.58 with human similarity assessments on the established Miller-Charles benchmark of 30 term-pairs. These preliminary results indicate that the proposed NSWD is a promising approach for assessing semantic dissimilarity in very large knowledge graphs.}},
  author       = {{De Nies, Tom and Beecks, Christian and Godin, Fréderic and De Neve, Wesley and Stepien, Grzegorz and Arndt, Dörthe and De Vocht, Laurens and Verborgh, Ruben and Seidl, Thomas and Mannens, Erik and Van de Walle, Rik}},
  booktitle    = {{IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing}},
  editor       = {{O'Connor, Lisa}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-5090-0662-5}},
  issn         = {{2325-6516}},
  keywords     = {{Dissimilarity,Semantic Distance,Knowledge Graph,Normalized Web Distance,SIMILARITY,RETRIEVAL}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  location     = {{Laguna Hills, CA, USA}},
  pages        = {{253--256}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  title        = {{A distance-based approach for semantic dissimilarity in knowledge graphs}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1109/ICSC.2016.55}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}

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