Verification Programs for Abduction

Abstract. We call verification the process of finding the actual explanation of a given set of manifestations. We consider an abductive setting, in which explanations are sets of assumptions. To filter out erroneous explanations, a verification program should propose which assumptions to check. Given the abductive setting of manifestations, assumptions, and a theory relating them, we study the complexity of providing a minimal set of assumptions to be checked in order to identify the actual explanation. We study also the case in which assumptions to be checked are given in a tree-like order.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: ECAI
• Authors: Paolo Liberatore, Francesco M. Donini
• Keywords: Abductive Setting, Actual Explanation, Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2000, Erroneous Explanations