A Comparative Study of Ontology Matching Systems via Inferential Statistics

Journal article (2018)
Copyright: © 2018 Majid Mohammadi, Wout Hofman, Y. Tan
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https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2018.2842019
Geoscience Robustness Statistical analysis Holm Friedman Bergmann Task analysis Benchmark testing McNemar Nemenyi Ontologies Ontology alignment evaluation Paired t-test Post-hoc Quade Shaffer Wilcoxon signed-rank
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2018

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English

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Abstract

Comparing ontology matching systems are typically performed by comparing their average performances over multiple datasets. However, this paper examines the alignment systems using statistical inference since averaging is statistically unsafe and inappropriate. The statistical tests for comparison of two or multiple alignment systems are theoretically and empirically reviewed. For comparison of two systems, the Wilcoxon signed-rank and McNemar's mid-p and asymptotic tests are recommended due to their robustness and statistical safety in different circumstances. The Friedman and Quade tests with their corresponding post-hoc procedures are studied for comparison of multiple systems, and their [dis]advantages are discussed. The statistical methods are then applied to benchmark and multifarm tracks from the ontology matching evaluation initiative (OAEI) 2015 and their results are reported and visualized by critical difference diagrams.

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