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Product Identifiers
PublisherCsli Publications/Center for T.H.E. Study of Language & Information
ISBN-101881526836
ISBN-139781881526834
eBay Product ID (ePID)512741
Product Key Features
Number of Pages179 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNonmonotonic Reasoning : an Overview
SubjectGeneral, Logic
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics, Philosophy, Science
AuthorGerhard Brewka, Kurt Konolige, Jürgen Dix
SeriesLecture Notes Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0 in
Item Weight9.3 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-046540
Dewey Edition20
Series Volume Number73
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal160
Table Of Content1. Introduction; 2. Preference logics; 3. Nonmonotonic inference relations; 4. Consistency based logics; 5. Abduction; 6. Semantics for logic programs with negation; 7. Nonmonotonicity in logic programming.
SynopsisNonmonotonic reasoning in its broadest sense is reasoning to conclusions on the basis of incomplete information. Given more information, previously drawn inferences may be retracted. Commonsense reasoning has a nonmonotonic component; it has been argued that almost all commonsense inferences are of this sort. From the end of the 1980s to the present there has been an explosion in research in nonmonotonic reasoning. It is now possible to understand more clearly the properties of the major formalisms from a metatheoretical point of view, the relationships among the formalisms and their connection to independently developed proof methods. The goal of this monograph is to make this understanding more accessible.