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New method enables neuro-symbolic learning over OWL 2 DL ontologies

Researchers have developed a novel method for neuro-symbolic learning that integrates OWL 2 DL ontologies with differentiable circuits. This approach, named Baobab, compiles ontologies into Sentential Decision Diagrams (SDDs) to enable training perception networks. The system successfully uses a CNN to recognize MNIST digits, demonstrating the ability to recover latent ontology concepts and mitigate reasoning shortcuts in non-Horn description logics. AI

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New method enables neuro-symbolic learning over OWL 2 DL ontologies

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Olga Mashkova, Asaad Mohammedsaleh, Fernando Zhapa-Camacho, Robert Hoehndorf ·

    Neuro-symbolic learning over OWL 2 DL via consequence-based compilation to differentiable circuits

    arXiv:2608.17741v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: OWL 2 DL ontologies, grounded in the description logic $\mathcal{SROIQ}$, express large knowledge bases in biomedicine and the Semantic Web. Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) learners over description logics either embed the ontology in a conti…