Paulo Cesar G. Costa

Paulo Cesar G. Costa

Index (Chronological)

  1. Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (eds. 2009)
  2. Probabilistic Ontology and Knowledge Fusion for Procurement Fraud Detection in Brazil (2009)
  3. UnBBayes: Modeling Uncertainty for Plausible Reasoning in the Semantic Web (in press).
  4. A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to High Level Fusion in Predictive Situational Awareness (2009).
  5. PROGNOS: Applying Probabilistic Ontologies to Distributed Predictive Situation Assessment in Naval Operations (2009).
  6. Envisioning Uncertainty in Geospatial Information (2009, in press - proof available).
  7. Uncertainty Representation and Reasoning in Complex Systems (2009).
  8. Uncertainty Representation and Reasoning in the Semantic Web (2009).
  9. Ontology of Evidence (2008).
  10. URSW 2005-2007: LNAI 5327 (2008).
  11. PR-OWL: a Bayesian Language for the Semantic Web (2008).
  12. A GUI Tool for Plausible Reasoning in the Semantic Web Using MEBN (2008)
  13. Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (eds. 2008)
  14. Probabilistic Ontologies for Knowledge Fusion (2008).
  15. Probabilistic Ontologies for Multi-INT Fusion (2008).
  16. C2OLISEU – A Meta-Model for Research and Development of Complex Network Centric Operations (2008)
  17. UNBBayes-MEBN: Comments on Implementing a Probabilistic Ontology Tool (2008)
  18. A First-Order Bayesian Tool for Probabilistic Ontologies (2008)
  19. Uncertainty Reasoning for the World Wide Web Incubator Group Report (2008)
  20. Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (eds. 2007)
  21. A Tool for Plausible Reasoning in the Semantic Web using MEBN (2007)
  22. Envisioning Uncertainty in Geospatial Information (2007)
  23. Probabilistic Ontology for Net-Centric Fusion (2007)
  24. Probabilistic Ontologies: the Next Step for Net-Centric Operations (2007)
  25. Bayesian Ontologies in Net-Centric Systems (2007)
  26. Uncertainty Reasoning for the World Wide Web Incubator Group Charter (2007)
  27. PR-OWL: A Framework for Probabilistic Ontologies (2006)
  28. Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (eds. 2006)
  29. Probabilistic Ontologies for Efficient Resource Sharing in Semantic Web Services (2006)
  30. A Proposal for a W3C XG on Uncertainty Reasoning for the WWW (2006)
  31. Estudo de Métricas para o Cálculo da Eficiência de Emprego para a Força Aérea Brasileira (2006 - Portuguese)
  32. Bayesian Ontologies in AI Systems (2006)
  33. Proceedings of the First Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (eds. 2005)
  34. PR-OWL: A Bayesian Framework for the Semantic Web (2005)
  35. Bayesian Semantics for the Semantic Web (2005)
  36. Of Klingons and Starships: Bayesian Logic for the 23rd Century (2005)
  37. Multi-Entity Bayesian Networks Without Multi-Tears (2005)
  38. MEBN logic: A Key Enabler for Network Centric Warfare (2005)
  39. DTB Project: A Behavioral Model for Detecting Insider Threats (2005)
  40. Metodologia Científica no Planejamento da Atividade Aérea: Uma Proposta (2003 - Portuguese)
  41. Institucionalizando a Excelência (2003 - Portuguese)
  42. Otimização na Distribuição de Recursos no COMAER a partir  da Utilização de Ferramentas Estatísticas (2003 - Portuguese)
  43. A Otimização do Planejamento da Atividade Aérea (2001 - Portuguese)
  44. A Contribution to Fighter Pilot Decision Modeling (2000)
  45. Dynamic Decision Making: a Comparison of Approaches (2000)
  46. The Fighter Aircraft's Autodefense Management Problem: A Dynamic Decision Network Approach (1999)
  47. A Graph Theoretic Architecture for Dual Control: Decision Making in Multisensor Systems (1999)
  48. Mensagem Programada de Vôo: Uma Nova Sistemática (1995 - Portuguese)

 

PhD Dissertation

Costa, Paulo C.G. (2005) Bayesian Semantics for the Semantic Web. Doctoral Dissertation. Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University: Fairfax, VA, USA. p. 312.

MS Thesis

Costa, Paulo C.G. (1999) The Fighter Aircraft's Autodefense Management Problem: A Dynamic Decision Network Approach. Master Thesis. Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University: Fairfax, VA, USA. p. 215.

Edited Work

Bobillo, Fernando; Costa, Paulo C. G.; d'Amato, Claudia; Fanizzi, Nicola; Laskey, Kathryn; Laskey, Kenneth; Lukasiewicz, Thomas; Martin, Trevor; Nickles, Matthias; Pool, Michael; and Smrž, Pavel (eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2009). October 26, 2009, Washington, DC, USA. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. CEUR-WS.org, Vol. 527.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; D'Amato, Claudia; Fanizzi, Nicola; Laskey, Kathryn B.; Laskey, Kenneth J.; Lukasiewicz, Thomas; Nickles, Matthias; and Pool, Michael (eds.) (2008) Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web I, LNAI 5327, XIV, 403 p., 2008. Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-540-89764-4.

Bobillo, Fernando; Costa, Paulo C. G.; d'Amato, Claudia; Fanizzi, Nicola; Fung, Francis; Lukasiewicz, Thomas; Martin, Trevor; Nickles, Matthias; Peng, Yun; Pool, Michael; Smrž, Pavel; and Vojtáš, Peter (eds.) Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2008). October 26, 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. CEUR-WS.org, Vol. 423.

Laskey, Kenneth J.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; Costa, Paulo C.G.; Kokar, Mieczyslaw M.; Martin, Trevor; and Lukasiewicz, Thomas (eds.) Uncertainty Reasoning for the World Wide Web Incubator Group Report. World Wide Web Consortium, 2008.

Bobillo, Fernando; Costa, Paulo C. G.; d'Amato, Claudia; Fanizzi, Nicola; Fung, Francis; Lukasiewicz, Thomas; Martin, Trevor; Nickles, Matthias; Peng, Yun; Pool, Michael; Smrž, Pavel; and Vojtáš, Peter (eds.) Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2007). November 12, 2007, Busan, Korea. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. CEUR-WS.org, Vol. 327.

Laskey, Kenneth J.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; and Costa, Paulo C.G. (eds.) Uncertainty Reasoning for the World Wide Web Incubator Group Charter. World Wide Web Consortium, 2008.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Fung, Francis; Laskey, Kathryn B.; Laskey, Kenneth J.; and Pool, Michael (eds.) Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2006). November 5, 2006, Athens, GA, USA. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. CEUR-WS.org, Vol. 218.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; Laskey, Kenneth J.; and Pool, Michael (eds.) Proceedings of the First Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2005). November 7, 2005, Galway, Ireland. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. CEUR-WS.org, Vol. 173.

Book Articles and Chapters

Carvalho, R., Laskey, K.B., Costa, P., Ladeira, M., Santos, L., and Matsumoto, S. (in press) UnBBayes: Modeling Uncertainty for Plausible Reasoning in the Semantic Web. In Semantic Web. V. Kordic (ed.) IN-TECH Publishing: Vienna, Austria. ISBN: 978-953-7619-33-6.

Laskey, Kathryn B.; and Costa, Paulo C. G. (2009) Uncertainty Representation and Reasoning in Complex Systems. In Complex Systems in Knowledge based Environments: Theory, Models and Applications. Tolk, Andreas; Jain, Lakhmi C. (eds.) Springer: New York, NY, USA. ISBN: 978-3-540-88074-5.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; Lukasiewicz, Thomas (2009) Uncertainty Representation and Reasoning in the Semantic Web. In Semantic Web Engineering in the Knowledge Society. Cardoso, Jorge; and Lytras, D. Miltiadis (eds.) IGI Publishing: Hershey, PA, USA. ISBN: 978-1-60566-112-4.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; and Laskey, Kenneth J. (2008) PR-OWL: a Bayesian Language for the Semantic Web. In Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web I. Costa, Paulo C. G. et al. (eds.) LNAI 5327, pp. 88-107. Springer-Verlag: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-540-89764-4.
* Recipient of the MITRE incentive award for high quality publications.

Carvalho, Rommel N.; Ladeira, Marcelo; Santos, Laécio L.; Matsumoto, Shou; and Costa, Paulo C. G. (2008) A GUI Tool for Plausible Reasoning in the Semantic Web Using MEBN. In Innovative Applications in Data Mining. Studies in Computational Science, Vol. 169/2009, pp. 17-45. Springer-Verlag: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-540-88044-8.

Refeered Journal Papers

Laskey, Kathryn B.; Wright, Edward J.; and Costa, Paulo C. G. (2009) Envisioning Uncertainty in Geospatial Information. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Special Section on Bayesian Modelling. In press, proof available.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; and Buede, Dennis M. (2000). Dynamic Decision Making: a Comparison of Approaches. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, vol. 9, no 6, pp. 243-262.

Refeered Conference and Workshop Papers

Carvalho, Rommel N.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; Costa, Paulo C. G.; Ladeira, Marcelo; Santos, Laecio L.; and Matsumoto, Shou (2009) Probabilistic Ontology and Knowledge Fusion for Procurement Fraud Detection in Brazil. Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2009), held at the Eight International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2009). October 26, 2009, Washington, DC, USA.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Chang, KC; Laskey, Kathryn B.; and Carvalho, Rommel N. (2009) A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to High Level Fusion in Predictive Situational Awareness. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Society of Information Fusion (FUSION 2009). July 6-9. Seattle, WA, USA. (Abstract)

Costa, Paulo C.G.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; and Chang, KC (2009) PROGNOS: Applying Probabilistic Ontologies to Distributed Predictive Situation Assessment in Naval Operations. Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Command and Control Research and Technology Conference (ICCRTS 2009). June, 15-17. Washington, D.C., USA. (presentation available)
* Best paper award of the Collaborative Technologies for Network-Centric Operations Track.

Laskey, Kathryn B.; Schum, David A.; Costa, Paulo C. G.; and Janssen, T. (2008) Ontology of Evidence. In Proceedings of the Third International Ontology for the Intelligence Community Conference (OIC 2008). December 3-4, 2008, Fairfax, VA, USA.

Laskey, Kathryn B.; Costa, Paulo C. G.; and Janssen, T. (2008) Probabilistic Ontologies for Knowledge Fusion. In Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Society of Information Fusion (FUSION 2008). July 1-3, 2008, Cologne, Germany.

Laskey, Kathryn B.; Costa, Paulo C. G.; and Janssen, T. (2008) Probabilistic Ontologies for Multi-INT Fusion. In Proocedings of the AFCEA-GMU C4I Center Symposium (GMU-AFCEA 2008) - "Critical Issues in C4I". May 20-21, 2008, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.

Uruguay, André L. P.; Costa, Paulo C. G.; Lessa, Nilton O.; Santos, Carmen L. R. (2008) C2OLISEU – A Meta-Model for Research and Development of Complex Network Centric Operations. In Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS 2008). June 17-19, 2008, Bellevue, WA, USA.
* Best student paper award of the Network-Centric Experimentation and Applications Track.

Carvalho, Rommel N.; Ladeira, Marcelo; Santos, Laécio L.; Matsumoto, Shou; and Costa, Paulo C. G. (2008) UNBBayes-MEBN: Comments on Implementing a Probabilistic Ontology Tool. In Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference - Applied Computing 2008. N. Guimarães and P. Isaías (eds.), Algarve, Portugal, April 10-13, 2008, pp. 211-218.

Costa, Paulo C.G.; Ladeira, Marcelo; Carvalho, Rommel N.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; Santos, Laécio L.; and Matsumoto, Shou (2008) A First-Order Bayesian Tool for Probabilistic Ontologies. In Proceedings of the 21st International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS-21), Palo Alto: AAAI Press, 2008.

Carvalho, Rommel N.; Santos, Laecio L.; Ladeira, Marcelo; and Costa, Paulo C. G. (2007) A GUI Tool for Plausible Reasoning in the Semantic Web using MEBN. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2007). Mourele, L.; Nedjah, N.; Kacprzyk, J.; and Abraham, A. (eds.); pp. 381-386. October 22-24, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Laskey, Kathryn B.; Wright, Edward J.; and Costa, Paulo C. G. (2007) Envisioning Uncertainty in Geospatial Information. In Proceedings of the Fifth Bayesian Modelling Applications Workshop: Bayesian Models meet Cognition, held at the Twenty Third Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI 2007). July 19, 2007, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Laskey, Kathryn B.; Costa, Paulo C. G.; Wright, Edward J.; and Laskey, Kenneth J. (2007) Probabilistic Ontology for Net-Centric Fusion. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference of the Society of Information Fusion (FUSION 2007). July 9 - 12, 2007, Québec, Canada.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Laskey, Kathryn B.;Laskey, Kenneth J.; and Wright, Edward J. (2007). Probabilistic Ontologies: the Next Step for Net-Centric Operations. Proceedings of the 12th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (12th ICCRTS). June 19-21, 2007, Newport, RI, USA: CCRP publications. Presentation avaliable.

Laskey, Kathryn B.; Costa, Paulo C. G.; and Wright, Edward J. (2007). Bayesian Ontologies in Net-Centric Systems. Proceedings of the Second annual Quantitative Methods in Defense and National Security Conference (QMDNS 2007). February 7-8, 2007, Fairfax, VA, USA.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; and Laskey, Kathryn B. (2006) PR-OWL: A Framework for Probabilistic Ontologies (ABSTRACT). Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2006). B. Bennet and C. Felbaum (eds.), Baltimore, MD, USA, November 9-11, 2006, pp. 237-249.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; and Laskey, Kenneth J. (2006) Probabilistic Ontologies for Efficient Resource Sharing in Semantic Web Services. Proceedings of the second workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2006), held at the Fifth International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2006). November 5-9, 2006, Athens, GA, USA.

Laskey, Kenneth J.; Costa, Paulo C. G.; and Laskey, Kathryn B. (2006) A Proposal for a W3C XG on Uncertainty Reasoning for the WWW. Proceedings of the second workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2006), to be held at the Fifth International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2006). November 5-9, 2006, Athens, GA, USA.

De Marchi, Mônica M.; Costa, Paulo C. G.; Avellar, José V. G.; and Lessa, Nilton O. (2006) Estudo de Métricas para o Cálculo da Eficiência de Emprego para a Força Aérea Brasileira. Proceedings of the 9th Simpósio de Pesquisa Operacional e Logística da Marinha (SPOLM 2006). August 15-16, 2006, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; and Alghamdi, Ghazi (2006) Bayesian Ontologies in AI Systems. Proceedings of the Fourth Bayesian Modelling Applications Workshop: Bayesian Models meet Cognition, held at the Twenty Second Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI 2006). July 13, 2006, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; and Laskey, Kenneth J. (2005) PR-OWL: A Bayesian Framework for the Semantic Web. Proceedings of the first workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2005), held at the Fourth International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2005). November 6-10, 2005, Galway, Ireland.

Laskey, Kathryn B.; and Costa, Paulo .C.G. (2005) Of Klingons and Starships: Bayesian Logic for the 23rd Century, in Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the Twenty-first Conference (UAI 2005). AUAI Press: Edinburgh, Scotland.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; Takikawa, Masami; Pool, Michael; Fung, Francis; and Wright, Edward J. (2005). MEBN logic: A Key Enabler for Network Centric Warfare, 10th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (10th ICCRTS). June 13-16, 2005, McLean, Virginia, USA: CCRP publications. Presentation available
* Best student paper award of the Modeling and Simulation Track.

Costa, Paulo C. G.; Laskey, Kathryn B.; Alghamdi, G.; Barbará, Daniel; Shackelford, Thomas; Mirza, Sepideh; and Revankar, Mehul (2005). DTB Project: A Behavioral Model for Detecting Insider Threats. 2005 International Conference on Intelligence Analysis (IA2005). May 2-6, McLean, Virginia, USA.

Costa, Paulo C. G. & Destro, João P.B. (2000). A Contribution to Fighter Pilot Decision Modeling. In Proceedings of the Workshop de Computação - WORKCOMP'2000. C. H. C. Ribeiro and M. T. S. Sakude, Eds.  Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica: October 2000. São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.

Costa, Paulo C. G. & Buede, Dennis M. (1999). A Graph Theoretic Architecture for Dual Control: Decision Making in Multisensor Systems. In Focusing Military Operations Research: from our Heritage to the Future. Proceedings of the 67th Military Operations Research Society Symposium (67th MORSS). US Military Academy, June 22/24, 1999. West Point, NY, USA.

Magazines

Costa, Paulo C. G. (2003). Metodologia Científica no Planejamento da Atividade Aérea: Uma Proposta (Scientific Methodology in Flight Activity Planning: A Proposal). UNIFA Magazine, no. 12, pp. 42-50. Universidade da Força Aérea: December 2003. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Costa, Paulo C. G. (2003). Institucionalizando a Excelência (Institutionalizing Excellence). Spectrum Magazine, no. 6, pp. 11-13. Comando-Geral do Ar: January  2003. Brasília, DF, Brazil.

Assumpção, Antônio C. C.; Lima, Tomás G.M.; and Costa, Paulo C. G. (2001). A Otimização do Planejamento da Atividade Aérea (The Optimization of Flight Activity Planning). Spectrum Magazine, no. 3, pp. 15-18. Comando-Geral do Ar: July 2001. Brasília, DF, Brazil.

Other Publications

Costa, Paulo C. G.; and Laskey, Kathryn B. (2005) Multi-Entity Bayesian Networks without Multi-Tears. Draft, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University: Fairfax, VA, USA

Polezzi, Alexandre O. D.; Milioni, Armando Z.; Corrêa, Francisco de A.; Avellar, José V. G.; and  Costa, Paulo C. G. (2003). Otimização na Distribuição de Recursos no COMAER a partir  da Utilização de Ferramentas Estatísticas (Optimization of Resource Allocation in COMAER using Statistical Tools). Technical Report 001/2003 – CTA/IEAv-NT, 26 pages. Instituto Tecnológico da Aeronáutica, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.

Costa, Paulo C. G. (1995.) Mensagem Programada de Vôo: Uma Nova Sistemática (Pre-Flight Message: A New Methodology). Course Monograph – EAOAr, 20 pages. Universidade da Aeronáutica: July 1995. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

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