Information Processing Systems, Reasoning Modules, And Reasoning System Design Methods

A reasoning module comprising:

• an interface coupled with a working memory and configured to receive a plurality of abstractions from the working memory, wherein the abstractions include a plurality of individuals;
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• a reasoning component configured to access the abstractions which are received by the interface, to access a plurality of rules for the reasoning module, to process the abstractions according to the rules, and to further classify the individual of one of the abstractions as a result of the processing of the one of the abstractions satisfying the rules of the reasoning module.

A reasoning system design method comprising:

• providing a domain ontology of a given subject matter domain to be processed;
• and
• using the domain ontology, designing a reasoning system which is configured to process information of the given subject matter domain including defining, for a plurality of reasoning modules of the reasoning system, which abstractions of a semantic graph are to be subscribed to by respective ones of the reasoning modules and the rules which the reasoning modules are to utilize to process respective ones of the abstractions which are subscribed to by respective ones of the reasoning modules.