| Epistemic Logic for AI and Computer Science Revised Edition Contributor(s): Ch Meyer, J. -J (Author), Der Hoek, W. Van (Author), Meyer, John-Jules Ch (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521602807 ISBN-13: 9780521602808 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $71.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2004 Annotation: Epistemic logic has grown from its philosophical beginnings to find diverse applications in computer science as a means of reasoning about the knowledge and belief of agents. This book, based on courses taught at universities and summer schools, provides a broad introduction to the subject; many exercises are included together with their solutions. The authors begin by presenting the necessary apparatus from mathematics and logic, including Kripke semantics and the well-known modal logics K, T, S4 and S5. Then they turn to applications in the contexts of distributed systems and artificial intelligence: topics that are addressed include the notions of common knowledge, distributed knowledge, explicit and implicit belief, the interplays between knowledge and time, and knowledge and action, as well as a graded (or numerical) variant of the epistemic operators. The problem of logical omniscience is also discussed extensively. Halpern and Moses??? theory of honest formulae is covered, and a digression is made into the realm of non-monotonic reasoning and preferential entailment. Moore??'s autoepistemic logic is discussed, together with Levesque's related logic of ???all I know???. Furthermore, it is shown how one can base default and counterfactual reasoning on epistemic logic. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming Languages - General - Computers | Expert Systems - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General |
| Dewey: 006.3 |
| Series: Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 7.44" W x 9.66" (1.46 lbs) 372 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Epistemic logic has grown from its philosophical beginnings to find diverse applications in computer science as a means of reasoning about the knowledge and belief of agents. This book, based on courses taught at universities and summer schools, provides a broad introduction to the subject; many exercises are included together with their solutions. The authors begin by presenting the necessary apparatus from mathematics and logic, including Kripke semantics and the well-known modal logics K, T, S4 and S5. Then they turn to applications in the contexts of distributed systems and artificial intelligence: topics that are addressed include the notions of common knowledge, distributed knowledge, explicit and implicit belief, the interplays between knowledge and time, and knowledge and action, as well as a graded (or numerical) variant of the epistemic operators. The problem of logical omniscience is also discussed extensively. Halpern and Moses' theory of honest formulae is covered, and a digression is made into the realm of non-monotonic reasoning and preferential entailment. Moore's autoepistemic logic is discussed, together with Levesque's related logic of 'all I know'. Furthermore, it is shown how one can base default and counterfactual reasoning on epistemic logic. |