Efficient Answer Enumeration in Description Logics with Functional Roles

We study the enumeration of answers to ontology-mediated queries when the ontology is formulated in a description logic that supports functional roles and the query is a CQ. In particular, we show that enumeration is possible with linear preprocessing and constant delay when a certain extension of the CQ (pertaining to functional roles) is acyclic and free-connex acyclic. This holds both for complete answers and for partial answers. We provide matching lower bounds for the case where the query is self-join free.

Authors

• Carsten Lutz Leipzig University
• Marcin Przybyłko Department of Computer Science, Leipzig University, Germany Institute of Informatics, University of Warsaw, Poland

Keywords

• KRR: Description Logics