Logical Tools for Handling Change in Agent-Based Systems

Logical Tools for Handling Change in Agent-Based Systems by Dov M. Gabbay, Karl Schlechta.

Agents act on the basis of their beliefs and these beliefs change as they interact with other agents. In this book the authors propose and explain general logical tools for handling change. These tools include preferential reasoning, theory revision, and reasoning in inheritance systems, and the aut...

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Main Authors: Gabbay, Dov M. (Author), Schlechta, Karl (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:Cognitive Technologies,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Artificial intelligence.
Mathematics.
Computers.
Mathematical logic.
Logic.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • and Motivation
  • Basic Definitions and Results
  • Abstract Semantics by Size
  • Preferential Structures #x2013; Part I
  • Preferential Structures #x2013; Part II
  • Higher Preferential Structures
  • Deontic Logic and Hierarchical Conditionals
  • Theory Update and Theory Revision
  • An Analysis of Defeasible Inheritance Systems.

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