Leveraging an external ontology for graph expansion in inference systems

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A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for exploring knowledge. The mechanism receives a set of known facts. The mechanism traverses paths in an ontology for a domain of knowledge from known facts in the set of known facts to one or more hypotheses. The ontology includes a plurality of entity types and a plurality of relationships between the entity types. The mechanism presents one or more hypotheses to a user.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

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Bagchi, Sugato White Plains, US 36 1407
Barborak, Michael A New York, US 10 548
Barker, Kenneth J Mahopac, US 19 416
Chu-Carroll, Jennifer Dobbs Ferry, US 57 1531
Fan, James J Mountain Lakes, US 45 777
Prager, John M Pomona, US 21 1280

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