Conditionals in Nonmonotonic Reasoning and Belief Revision : Considering Conditionals as Agents / by Gabriele Kern-Isberner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kern-Isberner, Gabriele, 1956- author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Computer Science (Springer-11645)

Lecture notes in computer science. Lecture notes in artificial intelligence ; 2087.

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; 2087

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.

Artificial Intelligence.

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Local Subjects:

Artificial Intelligence.

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 194 pages).

Edition:

First edition 2001.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Conditionals are omnipresent, in everyday life as well as in scientific environments; they represent generic knowledge acquired inductively or learned from books. They tie a flexible and highly interrelated network of connections along which reasoning is possible and which can be applied to different situations. Therefore, conditionals are important, but also quite problematic objects in knowledge representation. This book presents a new approach to conditionals which captures their dynamic, non-proportional nature particularly well by considering conditionals as agents shifting possible worlds in order to establish relationships and beliefs. This understanding of conditionals yields a rich theory which makes complex interactions between conditionals transparent and operational. Moreover,it provides a unifying and enhanced framework for knowledge representation, nonmonotonic reasoning, belief revision,and even for knowledge discovery.

Contents:

Belief Revision and Nonmonotonic Reasoning - State of the Art

Conditionals

Revising Epistemic States by Conditional Beliefs

Characterizing the Principle of Minimum Cross-Entropy

Reasoning at Optimum Entropy

Belief Revision and Nonmonotonic Reasoning - Revisited

Knowledge Discovery by Following Conditional Structures

Algorithms and Implementations

Conclusion.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-540-44600-2

9783540446002

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