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Applied Logic #12: Dynamic Worlds: From the Frame Problem to Knowledge Management

by Remo Pareschi

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Reasoning is an integral part of intelligent systems in fields like databases, logic programming, robotics, knowledge engineering, human/computer interfaces, programming environments, etc. In reality any such system has to cope with a changing world and its dynamics. Hence it is of great importance that reasoning must account for coping with change in order to be truly useful in practice.The book comprises several contributions to current ways of approaching this problem. On the one hand it surveys and synthesizes recent research work, while on the other hand new research results are included. Among the topics treated are logics for reasoning about actions and planning, belief revision and the reconciliation of logically conflicting inputs, resolving of conflicts by merging of knowledge and issues in the evolution in object-oriented databases. The book is aimed at the researcher and advanced student active in this field.

Book News Annotation:

Surveys and synthesizes recent work in the field, and presents new research results. Among topics treated are logics for reasoning about actions and planning, belief revision and the reconciliation of logically conflicting inputs, resolution of conflicts by merging of knowledge, and issues in the evolution of object-oriented databases. Other subjects include action and change in rewriting logic, heterogeneous systems for modeling dynamic worlds, and reasoning about actual and hypothetical occurrences of concurrent and non- deterministic actions. No index.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780792355359
Subtitle:
From the Frame Problem to Knowledge Management
Author:
Pareschi, Remo
Editor:
Fronhc6fer, Bertram
Editor:
Fronhafer, Bertram
Publisher:
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Location:
Dortrecht
Subject:
Information Management
Subject:
Expert Systems
Subject:
Expert systems (computer science)
Subject:
Management Information Systems
Subject:
Knowledge management
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references.
Series:
Applied logic series ;
Series Volume:
v. 12
Publication Date:
March 1999
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
300
Dimensions:
9.21x6.14x.75 in. 1.32 lbs.
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