Dynamic Worlds
Subtitle: From the Frame Problem to Knowledge Management
By: edited by Remo Pareschi, Bertram Fronhöfer
Contributors: Fronhöfer, Bertram
Series: Applied Logic Series -- 12; Applied Logic Series -- 12
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9789048151592; 9789401713177
Subjects: Philosophy (General); Data structures (Computer science); Artificial intelligence; Logic
Description: Reasoning is an integral part of intelligent systems in fields like databases, logic programming, robotics, knowledge engineering, human/computer interfaces, programming environments, etc. In reality any such system has to cope with a changing world and its dynamics. Hence it is of great importance that reasoning must account for coping with change in order to be truly useful in practice. The book comprises several contributions to current ways of approaching this problem. On the one hand it surveys and synthesizes recent research work, while on the other hand new research results are included. Among the topics treated are logics for reasoning about actions and planning, belief revision and the reconciliation of logically conflicting inputs, resolving of conflicts by merging of knowledge and issues in the evolution in object-oriented databases. The book is aimed at the researcher and advanced student active in this field.
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