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Item Details
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EPISTEMIC LOGIC FOR AI AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| By: |
J.-J Ch. Meyer, W. van der Hoek, C. J. Van Rijsbergen |
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Paperback |
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£57.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521602807 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521602808 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
2 February, 2004 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science No. 41 |
| Pages: |
372 |
| Description: |
A broad introduction to the subject; many exercises with full solutions are provided. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
140 exercises |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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