Fig.1 BayesOWL GUI
BayesOWL GUI
For some users, they may not be interested in technology details but just using BayesOWL, we encapsulated all the related implementation details and provided a graphical user interface.
Before using BayesOWL GUI, you are suggested to be familiar with a useful tool call SWT Designer.
To download the SWT package, go to here.
To download the JFace package, go to here.
Still have questions? Go to FAQs and find your answer.
Now we are ready to use BayesOWL GUI.
BayesOWL GUI is implemented in class
MainUI mainUI = new MainUI();
mainUI.run();
If everything goes well, you can see a new window like this:
Fig.1 BayesOWL GUI
1. File Menu
Input ontology file item: Choose an OWL file contains the owl ontology. This ontology will be parsed and taxonomies can be extracted to build the Bayesian Nets.
Input ontology URL item: Input the owl file URL. Ontology defined in this online file will be parsed and taxonomies can be extracted to build the Bayesian Nets.
Input probability file item: Choose the file which contains probabilities information with respect to taxonomy consisted in an ontology.
Exit item: Exit BayesOWL.
2. BNet menu
Input netica license item: Input the Netica license. One should have Netica license when dealing with Bayesian Net that has more than 15 random variables using Netica APIs.
Open Bayesian net item: Open an existing Bayesian Net with Netica format. You should have installed Netica before open such format files. Netica software can be freely downloaded from http://www.norsys.com/.
3. Help menu
Context item: Open a
About item: About BayesOWL.