This 1991 book gives an overview of different areas of research in nonmonotonic reasoning. The guiding principles are: clarification of the different research activities in the area and appreciation of the fact that these research activities often represent different means to the same ends, namely sound theoretical foundations and efficient computation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Formalizing nonmonotonic reasoning; 3. Nonmonotonic theorem proving; 4. Inheritance systems; 5. Nonmonotonic rule based systems; 6. What has been achieved?
Klappentext
This 1991 book gives a broad overview of different areas of research in nonmonotonic reasoning, and presents some results and ideas.
