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KR
2004
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
A Split-Combination Method for Merging Inconsistent Possibilistic Knowledge Bases
In this paper, a new method for merging multiple inconsistent knowledge bases in the framework of possibilistic logic is presented. We divide the fusion process into two steps: on...
Guilin Qi, Weiru Liu, David H. Glass
KR
2004
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Inferential Complexity Control for Model-Based Abduction
We describe a technique for speeding up inference for model-based abduction tasks that trades off inference time and/or space for the fraction of queries correctly answered. We co...
Gregory M. Provan
KR
2004
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
A Logic-Based Formulation of Active Visual Perception
Building on earlier attempts to characterise robot perception as a form of abduction, this paper presents a logical account of active visual perception in the context of an upper-...
Murray Shanahan, David A. Randell
KR
2004
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Distance Semantics for Relevance-Sensitive Belief Revision
Possible-world semantics are provided for Parikh’s relevance-sensitive model for belief revision. Having Grove’s system-of-spheres construction as a base, we consider addition...
Pavlos Peppas, Samir Chopra, Norman Y. Foo
KR
2004
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Parthood as Spatial Inclusion - Evidence from biomedical Conceptualizations
Modeling complex compositional objects in the field of the life sciences requires to solve intricate ontological problems, especially those related to parts of a whole, space and...
Stefan Schulz, Udo Hahn
KR
2004
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Learning Probabilistic Relational Planning Rules
To learn to behave in highly complex domains, agents must represent and learn compact models of the world dynamics. In this paper, we present an algorithm for learning probabilist...
Hanna Pasula, Luke S. Zettlemoyer, Leslie Pack Kae...
KR
2004
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
GlossOnt: A Concept-focused Ontology Building Tool
The demand for ontologies is rapidly growing especially due to developments in knowledge management, E-commerce and the Semantic Web. Building an ontology and a background knowled...
Youngja Park
KR
2004
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Majority Logic
We extend graded modal logic (GML) to a logic that captures the concept of majority. We provide an axiomatization for majority logic, MJL, and sketch soundness and completeness pr...
Eric Pacuit, Samer Salame