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Epistemic Logic for AI and Computer Science

By J.-J. Ch. Meyer , W. van der Hoek

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521602807, 052146014X, 0511569858, 9780521602808, 9780521460149, 9780511569852
LCC
QA76 .M495 1995
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1849906 bytes)
Series
Cambridge tracts in theoretical computer science 41
Pages
368\368
Library
flazx.com
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Информатика и вычислительная техника;Искусственный

Description

Epistemic logic has grown from its philosophical beginnings to find diverse applications in computer science as a means of reasoning about the knowledge and belief of agents. This book, based on courses taught at universities and summer schools, provides a broad introduction to the subject; many exercises are included together with their solutions. The authors begin by presenting the necessary apparatus from mathematics and logic, including Kripke semantics and the well-known modal logics K, T, S4 and S5. Then they turn to applications in the contexts of distributed systems and artificial intelligence: topics that are addressed include the notions of common knowledge, distributed knowledge, explicit and implicit belief, the interplays between knowledge and time, and knowledge and action, as well as a graded (or numerical) variant of the epistemic operators. The problem of logical omniscience is also discussed extensively. Halpern and Moses' theory of honest formulae is covered, and a digression is made into the realm of non-monotonic reasoning and preferential entailment. Moore's autoepistemic logic is discussed, together with Levesque's related logic of 'all I know'. Furthermore, it is shown how one can base default and counterfactual reasoning on epistemic logic.

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