Download or read book A Model of Inferential Belief Change written by Lydia Jean Price and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Logical Theory of Nonmonotonic Inference and Belief Change written by Alexander Bochman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book that integrates nonmonotonic reasoning and belief change into a single framework from an artificial intelligence logic point-of-view. The approach to both these subjects is based on a powerful notion of an epistemic state that subsumes both existing models for nonmonotonic inference and current models for belief change. Many results and constructions in the book are completely new and have not appeared earlier in the literature.

Download or read book Change Choice and Inference written by Hans Rott and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work develops logical theories necessary to understand adaptable human reasoning & the design ofintelligent systems. It unifies lively & significant strands of research in logic, philosophy, economics & artificial intelligence.

Download or read book Foundations of Probability Theory Statistical Inference and Statistical Theories of Science written by W.L. Harper and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May of 1973 we organized an international research colloquium on foundations of probability, statistics, and statistical theories of science at the University of Western Ontario. During the past four decades there have been striking formal advances in our understanding of logic, semantics and algebraic structure in probabilistic and statistical theories. These advances, which include the development of the relations between semantics and metamathematics, between logics and algebras and the algebraic-geometrical foundations of statistical theories (especially in the sciences), have led to striking new insights into the formal and conceptual structure of probability and statistical theory and their scientific applications in the form of scientific theory. The foundations of statistics are in a state of profound conflict. Fisher's objections to some aspects of Neyman-Pearson statistics have long been well known. More recently the emergence of Baysian statistics as a radical alternative to standard views has made the conflict especially acute. In recent years the response of many practising statisticians to the conflict has been an eclectic approach to statistical inference. Many good statisticians have developed a kind of wisdom which enables them to know which problems are most appropriately handled by each of the methods available. The search for principles which would explain why each of the methods works where it does and fails where it does offers a fruitful approach to the controversy over foundations.

Download or read book Conditionals Information and Inference written by Gabriele Kern-Isberner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-05-13 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conditionals are fascinating and versatile objects of knowledge representation. On the one hand, they may express rules in a very general sense, representing, for example, plausible relationships, physical laws, and social norms. On the other hand, as default rules or general implications, they constitute a basic tool for reasoning, even in the presence of uncertainty. In this sense, conditionals are intimately connected both to information and inference. Due to their non-Boolean nature, however, conditionals are not easily dealt with. They are not simply true or false — rather, a conditional “if A then B” provides a context, A, for B to be plausible (or true) and must not be confused with “A entails B” or with the material implication “not A or B.” This ill- trates how conditionals represent information, understood in its strict sense as reduction of uncertainty. To learn that, in the context A, the proposition B is plausible, may reduce uncertainty about B and hence is information. The ab- ity to predict such conditioned propositions is knowledge and as such (earlier) acquired information. The ?rst work on conditional objects dates back to Boole in the 19th c- tury, and the interest in conditionals was revived in the second half of the 20th century, when the emerging Arti?cial Intelligence made claims for appropriate formaltoolstohandle“generalizedrules.”Sincethen,conditionalshavebeenthe topic of countless publications, each emphasizing their relevance for knowledge representation, plausible reasoning, nonmonotonic inference, and belief revision.

Download or read book Social Determinants of Beliefs and Belief Change written by Avraham Gottlieb and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society written by Morton Ann Gernsbacher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 1305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features the complete text of the material presented at the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. As in previous years, the symposium included an interesting mixture of papers on many topics from researchers with diverse backgrounds and different goals, presenting a multifaceted view of cognitive science. This volume contains papers, posters, and summaries of symposia presented at the leading conference that brings cognitive scientists together to discuss issues of theoretical and applied concern. Submitted presentations are represented in these proceedings as "long papers" (those presented as spoken presentations and "full posters" at the conference) and "short papers" (those presented as "abstract posters" by members of the Cognitive Science Society).

Download or read book Social Cognition Inference and Attribution written by R. S. Wyer, Jr. and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1979. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book Advances in REBT written by Michael E. Bernard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative volume commemorates six decades of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy by assembling its current state of theory, practice, and research. Bedrock chapters on defining features, assessment and measurement, and empirical findings place REBT squarely in the cognitive-behavioral landscape, reinforcing its status as a significant therapeutic approach. The book’s palette of applications shows the flexibility and effectiveness of REBT in school, workplace, and other settings, with worried parents and “stuck” athletes, and as a foundation for brief interventions. And the survey of guiding principles and the evolution of the method by REBT founder Albert Ellis is a testament to its enduring clinical value. Included in the coverage: · A comparison of REBT with other cognitive behavior therapies. · The measurement of irrationality and rationality. · Empirical Research in REBT theory and practice. · Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and the working alliance. · Brief interventions in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. · REBT and positive psychology. · Rational emotive behavior education in schools. Advances in REBT will be welcomed as a definitive reference across the REBT community: frontline clinicians, novices, trainees, students, and researchers. Seasoned practitioners looking to incorporate REBT into their repertoires will find it immensely helpful.

Download or read book Uncertain Inference written by Henry Ely Kyburg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-06 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a clear exposition of the approaches to the problem of uncertain inference.

Download or read book Belief Attitude Intention and Behavior written by Martin Fishbein and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1975 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Belief Change written by Eduardo Fermé and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how the logic of theory change employs formal models in the investigation of changes in belief states and databases. The topics covered include equivalent characterizations of AGM operations, extended representations of the belief states, change operators not included in the original framework, iterated change, applications of the model, its connections with other formal frameworks, and criticism of the model.

Download or read book Measuring Statistical Evidence Using Relative Belief written by Michael Evans and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of recent work on developing a theory of statistical inference based on measuring statistical evidence. It attempts to establish a gold standard for how a statistical analysis should proceed. The book illustrates relative belief theory using many examples and describes the strengths and weaknesses of the theory. The author also addresses fundamental statistical issues, including the meaning of probability, the role of subjectivity, the meaning of objectivity, and the role of infinity and continuity.

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inferential Models written by Ryan Martin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Approach to Sound Statistical ReasoningInferential Models: Reasoning with Uncertainty introduces the authors' recently developed approach to inference: the inferential model (IM) framework. This logical framework for exact probabilistic inference does not require the user to input prior information. The authors show how an IM produces meaning

Download or read book Belief Change in the Presence of Actions and Observations written by Aaron Hunter and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beliefs of an agent should change due to actions and observations. In particular, actions cause an agent to perform belief update, and observations cause an agent to perform belief revision. However, the interaction between actions and observations can be non-elementary; there are simple examples where it is clear that simply updating and revising in succession does not lead to plausible results. In this dissertation, we consider the belief change that occurs due to an iterated sequence of actions and observations. We assume that the effects of actions are given by a transition system, which can be used to define a belief update operator. We introduce a set of basic postulates that should intuitively be satisfied when a revision is followed by an update, and we use these postulates to define a new belief change operator. The new operator provides a plausible model of iterated belief change in the presence of actions, and it can be characterized by a modified class of systems of spheres. One limitation of this approach to iterated belief change is that it assumes the agent has perfect knowledge of the history of actions executed. We relax this assumption by using ranking functions to represent uncertainty about the actions executed at each point in time. The resulting formalism is able to represent fallible knowledge, erroneous perception, exogenous actions, and failed actions. Our work is distinguished from related work in that we explicitly consider the manner in which action histories affect the interpretation of observations. Our formal tools are useful not only for the representation of simple action domains, but also for the evaluation of related formalisms involving iterated belief change due to action.

Download or read book Pattern Recognition written by Jesús Ariel Carrasco-Ochoa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th Mexican Conference on Pattern Recognition, MCPR 2019, held in Querétaro, Mexico, in June 2019. The 40 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 86 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: artificial intelligence techniques and recognition; computer vision; industrial and medical applications of pattern recognition; image processing and analysis; pattern recognition techniques; signal processing and analysis; natural language, and processing and recognition.