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

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : illustrations 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 Summary "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 uncertain inference, ranging from probability to inductive logic to nonmonotonic logic. This book seeks to provide a clear exposition of these approaches within a unified framework." "The principal market for the book will be students and professionals in philosophy, computer science, and artificial intelligence. Among the special features of the book are a chapter on evidential probability, an interpretation of probability specifically developed with an eye to inductive and uncertain inference, which has not received a basic exposition before; chapters on nonmonotonic reasoning and theory replacement that concern matters rarely addressed in standard philosophical texts; and chapters on Mill's methods and statistical inference that cover material sorely lacking in the usual treatments of artificial intelligence and computer science."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Uncertainty (Information theory) Probabilities. Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. probability. COMPUTERS -- Information Theory. Logic, Symbolic and mathematical Probabilities Uncertainty (Information theory) Fundamentos de estatística. Form Electronic book Author Teng, Choh Man ISBN 0511020686 9780511020681 9780511612947 051161294X 9786610430291 6610430292 0511174799 9780511174797 0511154844 9780511154843 0511302398 9780511302398 0511047487 9780511047480

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