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Table 4 KR requirements by category, for the topic action potential

From: Comparative analysis of knowledge representation and reasoning requirements across a range of life sciences textbooks

Category of KR/KE issue

Number of UTs affected (%)

Levine

Raven

Alberts

Kandel

Negative information

3 (8%)

6 (6%)

3 (2%)

 

Spatial relation

  

3 (2%)

 

Missing slot (other than spatial relation)

4 (8%)

3 (3%)

3 (2%)

6 (7%)

Inability to state graded quantifiers

  

1 (1%)

2 (2%)

Modeling biological models and reified statements

  

1 (1%)

3 (3%)

Property-value comparison

 

3 (3%)

  

Causation

    

Disjunction

1 (3%)

   

Conditionality

    

Possibility

  

11 (8%)

 

Data interpretation

  

11 (8%)

4 (4%)

Science as process

   

8 (9%)

Qualitative number constraint

    

Mathematical reasoning

   

3 (3%)

Vagueness/ambiguity

 

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

 

Other

    

Total

8 (21%)

13 (13%)

35 (26%)

26 (30%)