Nonmonotonic Reasoning

by Grigoris Antoniou

Nonmonotonic reasoning provides formal methods that enable intelligent systems to operate adequately when faced with incomplete or changing information. In particular, it provides rigorous mechanisms for taking back conclusions that, in the presence of new information, turn out to be wrong and for deriving new, alternative conclusions instead. Nonmonotonic reasoning methods provide rigor similar to that of classical reasoning; they form a base for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262011573
• ISBN13: 9780262011570
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher