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FLAIRS
2001
15 years 8 months ago
Improving Knowledge-Based System Performance by Reordering Rule Sequences
In this paper, we argue that KBS validation should not be limited to testing functional properties of the system, such as its input - output behavior, but must also address its dy...
Neli Zlatareva
IJCAI
2001
15 years 8 months ago
Computing Strongest Necessary and Weakest Sufficient Conditions of First-Order Formulas
A technique is proposed for computing the weakest sufficient (wsc) and strongest necessary (snc) conditions for formulas in an expressive fragment of first-order logic using quant...
Patrick Doherty, Witold Lukaszewicz, Andrzej Szala...
IJCAI
2003
15 years 8 months ago
A Logic For Causal Reasoning
We introduce a logical formalism of irreflexivc causal production relations that possesses both a standard monotonic semantics, and a natural nonmonotonic semantics. The formalism...
Alexander Bochman
IJCAI
1997
15 years 8 months ago
A Cumulative-Model Semantics for Dynamic Preferences on Assumptions
Explicit preferences on assumptions as used in prioritized circumscription [McCarthy, 1986; Lifschitz, 1985; Grosof, 1991] and preferred subtheories [Brewka, 1989] provide a clear...
Ulrich Junker
WSC
1997
15 years 8 months ago
Single Run Optimization Using the Reverse-Simulation Method
An efficient “Simulation Optimization” technique is developed to solve system design problems which can not be expressed in explicit analytical or mathematical models. In part...
Young Hae Lee, Kyoung Jong Park, Yun Bae Kim