Uncertain inference / Henry E. Kyburg, Jr. and Choh Man Teng.

"Coping with uncertainty is a necessary part of ordinary life and is crucial to an understanding of how the mind works. For example, it is a vital element in developing artificial intelligence that will not be undermined by its own rigidities. There have been many approaches to the problem of u...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Kyburg, Henry Ely, 1928-
Other Authors: Teng, Choh Man.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Table of Contents:
  • Historical background
  • First order logic
  • The probability calculus
  • Interpretations of probability
  • Nonstandard measures of support
  • Nonmonotonic reasoning
  • Theory replacement
  • Statistical inference
  • Evidential probability
  • Semantics
  • Applications
  • Scientific inference.