Nonmonotonic Reasoning

Logical Foundations of Commonsense

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In this 1991 book the author gives a broad overview of different areas of research in nonmonotonic reasoning, and presents some results and ideas based on his research. The guiding principles are: clarification of the different research activities in the area, which have sometimes been undertaken independently of each other, and appreciation of the fact that these research activities often represent different means to the same ends, namely sound theoretical foundations and efficient computation. The book begins with a discussion of the various types of nonmonotonic reasoning, their applications and their logics. Theorem proving techniques for these logics are also described. There then follow chapters dealing with formulations of nonmonotonic inheritance, and nonmonotonic reasoning based on nonmonotonic rules. The final chapter discusses the achievements in the field in the light of the famous Yale shooting example. The book will be welcomed by researchers in theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.

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"There is no doubt in my mind that Brewka's book is worth reading." V. W. Marek, SIGART Bulletin
"One group who would find this book useful is PhD researchers in logic and AI embarking on research programmes in nonmonotonic reasoning: before committing themselves to any particular approach they should read this book thoroughly." Ajit Narayanan, Expert Systems
"Readers should have a basic knowledge of first-order logic. With this preparation, they will find that the book gives a quick, broad introduction to nonmonotonic reasoning....It can be used as a reference book or a tutorial for a graduate course on nonmonotonic reasoning....Specialists in nonmonotonic reasoning can also benefit from reading the chapters discussing the author's proposals." J. Chen, Computing Reviews
"...covers important topics of nonmonotonic reasoning. The level of detail is well balanced with a reasonable reflection of the formal systems and techniques presented. The book is welcomed by researchers working on the fields of artificial intelligence and theoretical computer science." Heinrich Herre, Journal of Symbolic Logic

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Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
What is Nonmonotonic Reasoning?	p. 1
Types of Nonmonotonicity	p. 5
Applications of Nonmonotonic Reasoning	p. 11
An Overview of this Book	p. 13
Modal Nonmonotonic Logics	p. 19
McDermott and Doyle's Nonmonotonic Logic	p. 19
Autoepistemic Logic	p. 23
Hierarchic Autoepistemic Logic	p. 29
Default Logic	p. 31
Defaults, Default Theories and Extensions	p. 31
Which Defaults are Needed?	p. 35
The Relation Between DL and AEL	p. 38
Cumulative Default Logic	p. 40
Circumscription	p. 49
Predicate Circumscription	p. 50
Variable Circumscription	p. 54
Prioritized Circumscription	p. 59
The Relation Between Circumscription and DL/AEL	p. 61
Preferential Entailment: A Semantical Framework	p. 62
Preferred Subtheories	p. 64
A Framework for Nonmonotonic Systems	p. 65
Poole's System: Default Reasoning as Theory Construction	p. 66
First Generalization: Levels of Reliability	p. 71
Second Generalization: Partially Ordered Defaults	p. 75
Related Work	p. 77
A Conditional Approach	p. 83
Delgrande's Logic N	p. 83
Using N for Nonmonotonic Inference	p. 84
Nonmonotonic Theorem Proving	p. 88
Expressiveness Versus Tractability	p. 88
Circumscriptive Theorem Proving	p. 89
Theorem Proving in Default Logic	p. 97
A Modal Default Prover	p. 99
Inheritance Systems	p. 108
A Classification	p. 108
The Logic of Frames with Exceptions	p. 111
An Approach Based on DL	p. 116
Touretzky's Credulous System	p. 118
A System for Skeptical Inheritance	p. 120
Further Approaches	p. 122
Nonmonotonic Rule-Based Systems	p. 125
Introduction	p. 125
Nonmonotonic Formal Systems: A Generalization of DL	p. 126
Nonmonotonic Process Systems: A Pragmatic Approach	p. 130
Dependency Directed Backtracking	p. 137
Nonmonotonic Reasoning - Where Do We Stand?	p. 144
What has been Achieved?	p. 144
The Yale Shooting Problem	p. 146
What Next?	p. 152
Logical Syntax	p. 154
References	p. 158
Index	p. 166
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