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Belief Change

Introduction and Overview

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Authors:
  1. Eduardo Fermé

    1. Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

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  2. Sven Ove Hansson

    1. Division of Philosophy, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

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  • Community employs formal models in the investigation of changes in belief states and databases
  • Logic of theory change was the starting-point of a large, rapidly growing literature
  • Valuable for researchers in logic, philosophy, and artificial intelligence

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Intelligent Systems (BRIEFSINSY)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Motivation

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 1-3

  3. History

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 5-8

  4. The AGM Model

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 9-24

  5. Equivalent Characterizations

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 25-40

  6. Criticism of the Model

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 41-47

  7. Belief Bases

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 49-57

  8. Iterated Change

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 59-64

  9. Non-Prioritized Change

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 65-68

  10. Multiple Change

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 69-74

  11. Alternative Operations of Change

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 75-81

  12. Extended Representations of Belief States

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 83-88

  13. Applications, Connections, and Implementations

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 89-97

  14. Multiagent Belief Change

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 99-103

  15. Descriptor Revision

    • Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson
    Pages 105-110

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 111-125
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About this book

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.

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“The explanations are concise and clear; the organization is transparent, so that readers can dip in and out of topics that particularly interest them. … The volume thus serves as a road map or, one could say, a GPS, for those seeking a bird’s-eye view with opportunities to zoom into details of the terrain.” (David Makinson, zbMATH 1458.03001, 2021)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

    Eduardo Fermé

  • Division of Philosophy, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

    Sven Ove Hansson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Belief Change

  • Book Subtitle: Introduction and Overview

  • Authors: Eduardo Fermé, Sven Ove Hansson

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Intelligent Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60535-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60533-3Published: 31 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60535-7Published: 23 May 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2196-548X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-5498

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 125

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Logic

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