An ontology for a Robot Scientist

An ontology for a Robot Scientist
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机器人科学家的本体论

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2006
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Intelligent Systems in Molecular Biology
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R. King
R. King
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作者：
L. Soldatova;A. Clare;Andrew Sparkes;R. King

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动机 机器人科学家是一个物理实现的机器人系统，可以自动进行科学实验的周期。我们正在委托一个新的机器人科学家，旨在研究基因功能的S。啤酒。这个机器人科学家将能够启动超过1,000个实验，每天进行超过20万次观察。机器人科学家为科学实验的管理和注释方法的开发提供了一个独特的测试平台：由于实验是由计算机自动构思和执行的，因此可以完全捕获和数字化管理科学过程的各个方面。这种新能力带来了重大的技术挑战。为了满足这些要求，我们应用本体驱动的方法来表示机器人科学家的所有数据和元数据。 结果 我们展示了实用程序开发的本体为我们新的机器人科学家。这个本体论是基于实验的一般本体论。本体有助于实验数据和元数据以及设备元数据的管理和注释，并支持数据库系统的设计以保存数据和元数据。 可用性 XML和OWL格式的EXPO位于：http://sourceforge.net/projects/expo/。有关机器人科学家项目的所有材料都可以在：http://www.aber.ac.uk/compsci/Research/bio/robotsci/。
MOTIVATION A Robot Scientist is a physically implemented robotic system that can automatically carry out cycles of scientific experimentation. We are commissioning a new Robot Scientist designed to investigate gene function in S. cerevisiae. This Robot Scientist will be capable of initiating >1,000 experiments, and making >200,000 observations a day. Robot Scientists provide a unique test bed for the development of methodologies for the curation and annotation of scientific experiments: because the experiments are conceived and executed automatically by computer, it is possible to completely capture and digitally curate all aspects of the scientific process. This new ability brings with it significant technical challenges. To meet these we apply an ontology driven approach to the representation of all the Robot Scientist's data and metadata. RESULTS We demonstrate the utility of developing an ontology for our new Robot Scientist. This ontology is based on a general ontology of experiments. The ontology aids the curation and annotating of the experimental data and metadata, and the equipment metadata, and supports the design of database systems to hold the data and metadata. AVAILABILITY EXPO in XML and OWL formats is at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/expo/. All materials about the Robot Scientist project are available at: http://www.aber.ac.uk/compsci/Research/bio/robotsci/.