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A Textbook of Belief Dynamics: Solutions to exercises

By Sven Ove Hansson (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1999
ISBN
978-0-7923-5329-4, 978-94-007-0814-3
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-0814-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3445771 bytes)
Series
Applied Logic Series 11/2
Edition
1
Pages
65\68
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Logic; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); I

Description

The mid-1980s saw the discovery of logical tools that make it possible to model changes in belief and knowledge in entirely new ways. These logical tools turned out to be applicable to both human beliefs and to the contents of databases. Philosophers, logicians, and computer scientists have contributed to making this interdisciplinary field one of the most exciting in the cognitive scientists - and one that is expanding rapidly. This, the first textbook in the new area, contains both discursive chapters with a minimum of formalism and formal chapters in which proofs and proof methods are presented. Using different selections from the formal sections, according to the author's detailed advice, allows the book to be used at all levels of university education. A supplementary volume contains solutions to the 210 exercises. The volume's unique, comprehensive coverage means that it can also be used by specialists in the field of belief dynamics and related areas, such as non-monotonic reasoning and knowledge representation.

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