Conditionals in Nonmonotonic Reasoning and Belief Revision - Considering Conditionals as Agents (Paperback, 2001 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2087
Release date:	July 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Gabriele Kern-Isberner
Dimensions:	233 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	194
Edition:	2001 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-540-42367-6
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > Knowledge-based systems / expert systems
LSN:	3-540-42367-2
Barcode:	9783540423676

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