witness

Knowledge abstraction layer based on subjective logic


License
Other
Install
pip install witness==0.0.5

Documentation

witness

Knowledge abstraction layer, provides automation for:

  • Knowledge extraction
  • Evidence aggregation
  • Semantic examination (…and more)

Quick setup

Please note numpy is required as dependency :

pip install numpy
pip install witness

You can also use the repository:

git clone https://github.com/plcp/witness
cd witness
python -i example.py

We support python2.7 and python3.6 (other versions left untested).

TL;DR

We handle information as clusters of beta-binomial distributions and borrow some abstractions to subjective logics.

Then, we provide several interfaces to ease clear usage of these abstractions and to automate our typical work flow:

  1. Extract knowledge from a stream of raw data.
  2. Aggregate the gathered evidences within a knowledge base.
  3. Query the knowledge base for pieces of useful insights.

We support a tag-based semantic abstraction to enable an intuitive use of the API by the end-user while remaining open to more subtle approaches. Thus, being able to write readable code such as:

>>> import witness as wit
>>> from example import weather_labels
>>> o = wit.oracle.new(wit.backends.naive)
>>> o.add_labels(weather_labels)
>>> o.submit('!warm')
>>> o.query('cold')
['cold']
>>> o.submit('thunder')
>>> o.query('thunderstorm')
['cloudly', 'thunder']
>>> o.submit('rainstorm')
>>> o.query('thunderstorm')
['thunderstorm', 'rainy', 'thunder', 'cloudly']

We also support various opinion-related abstractions to provide easy means to weight and discount information based on reputation or apriori. Further work is needed to provide more components for a seamless "plug and play" experience.

Development status

I do not intend to use this library and to my knowledge, no one does not intend to use it nor could benefit for it. If you disagree, please tell me!

Discontinued, still provide extended support via github issues.