For several reasons a database may not satisfy certain integrity constraints (ICs), for example, when it is the result of integrating several independent data sources. However, mo...
Ensuring that specifications are consistent is an important part of specification development and testing. In this paper we introduce the ConsVISor tool for consistency checking o...
Kenneth Baclawski, Mieczyslaw M. Kokar, Jeffrey E....
We analyze the complexity of propositional kernel resolution (del Val 1999), a general method for obtaining logical consequences in restricted target languages. Different choices ...
This paper presents a generic architecture for an agent capable of designing and creating new agents. The design agent itself is based on an existing generic agent model, and inclu...
Frances M. T. Brazier, Catholijn M. Jonker, Jan Tr...
Explicit preferences on assumptions as used in prioritized circumscription [McCarthy, 1986; Lifschitz, 1985; Grosof, 1991] and preferred subtheories [Brewka, 1989] provide a clear...