Logical Structures for Representation of Knowledge and Uncertainty
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About the Book
To answer questions concerning previously supplied informat- ion the book uses a truth table or 'chain set' logic which combines probabilities with truth values (possibilities). Answers to questions can be 1 (yes); 0 (no); m (a fraction in the case of uncertain information); 0m, m1 or 0m1 (in the case of 'ignorance' or insufficient information). An IF THEN statement is interpreted as specifying a conditional probab- ility value. No predicate calculus is needed in this probab- ility logic which is built on top of a yes-no logic. Quanti- fication sentences are represented as IF THEN sentences with variables. Strange results of first order logic are more reasonable in the chain set logic. E.g., (p->q)->(p->NOTq), (p->q) AND (p->NOTq), (p->q)-> NOT(p->q), p->NOT p, are contradictory statements only in the chain set logic.
Book Details
ISBN-13: 9783790810561
EAN: 9783790810561
Publisher Date: 15 Jan 1998
Bood Data Readership Text: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Dewey: 006.332
Height: 235 mm
Illustrations: biography
LCCN: 97039316
No of Pages: 420
PrintOnDemand: N
Series Title: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing
UK Availability: GXC
Year Of Publication: 1998
ISBN-10: 3790810568
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Binding: Hardback
Country Of Origin: Germany
Gardner Classification Code: K00
Illustration: Y
Language: English
MediaMail: Y
Pagination: 420 pages, biography
Returnable: N
Spine Width: 25 mm
Width: 155 mm