Generic Inference

Generic Inference

Author: Marc Pouly

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-01-10

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1118010868

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This book provides a rigorous algebraic study of the most popular inference formalisms with a special focus on their wide application area, showing that all these tasks can be performed by a single generic inference algorithm. Written by the leading international authority on the topic, it includes an algebraic perspective (study of the valuation algebra framework), an algorithmic perspective (study of the generic inference schemes) and a "practical" perspective (formalisms and applications). Researchers in a number of fields including artificial intelligence, operational research, databases and other areas of computer science; graduate students; and professional programmers of inference methods will benefit from this work.


Handbook of the Logic of Argument and Inference

Handbook of the Logic of Argument and Inference

Author: R.H. Johnson

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 0080532918

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The Handbook of the Logic of Argument and Inference is an authoritative reference work in a single volume, designed for the attention of senior undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in all the leading research areas concerned with the logic of practical argument and inference. After an introductory chapter, the role of standard logics is surveyed in two chapters. These chapters can serve as a mini-course for interested readers, in deductive and inductive logic, or as a refresher. Then follow two chapters of criticism; one the internal critique and the other the empirical critique. The first deals with objections to standard logics (as theories of argument and inference) arising from the research programme in philosophical logic. The second canvasses criticisms arising from work in cognitive and experimental psychology. The next five chapters deal with developments in dialogue logic, interrogative logic, informal logic, probability logic and artificial intelligence. The last chapter surveys formal approaches to practical reasoning and anticipates possible future developments. Taken as a whole the Handbook is a single-volume indication of the present state of the logic of argument and inference at its conceptual and theoretical best. Future editions will periodically incorporate significant new developments.


Diagrammatic Representation and Inference

Diagrammatic Representation and Inference

Author: Mateja Jamnik

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-25

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 3319423339

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th InternationalConference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2016,held in Philadelphia, PA, USA, in August 2016. The 12 revised full papers and 11 short papers presented together with 5 posters were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: cognitive aspects of diagrams; logic and diagrams; Euler and Venn diagrams; diagrams and education; design principles for diagrams; diagrams layout.


Biological and Cultural Bases of Human Inference

Biological and Cultural Bases of Human Inference

Author: Riccardo Viale

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1134812701

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Biological and Cultural Bases of Human Inference addresses the interface between social science and cognitive science. In this volume, Viale and colleagues explore which human social cognitive powers evolve naturally and which are influenced by culture. Updating the debate between innatism and culturalism regarding human cognitive abilities, this book represents a much-needed articulation of these diverse bases of cognition. Chapters throughout the book provide social science and philosophical reflections, in addition to the perspective of evolutionary theory and the central assumptions of cognitive science. The overall approach of the text is based on three complementary levels: adult performance, cognitive development, and cultural history and prehistory. Scholars from several disciplines contribute to this volume, including researchers in cognitive, developmental, social and evolutionary psychology, neuropsychology, cognitive anthropology, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. This contemporary, important collection appeals to researchers in the fields of cognitive, social, developmental, and evolutionary psychology and will prove valuable to researchers in the decision sciences.


Professional .NET 2.0 Generics

Professional .NET 2.0 Generics

Author: Tod Golding

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2005-10-17

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 0764559885

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Explores various aspects of the .NET generics implementation. This book covers various things from fundamental generic concepts, to the elements of generic syntax.


Agent-Oriented Methodologies

Agent-Oriented Methodologies

Author: Henderson-Sellers, Brian

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2005-04-30

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 1591405874

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"The book presents, analyzes and compares the most significant methodological approaches currently available for the creation of agent-oriented software systems"--Provided by publisher.


Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Author: James Allen

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13:

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The proceedings of the Second International Conference on [title] held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 1991, comprise 55 papers on topics including the logical specifications of reasoning behaviors and representation formalisms, comparative analysis of competing algorithms and formalisms, and ana


From Verbal Periphrases to Complex Predicates

From Verbal Periphrases to Complex Predicates

Author: Mar Garachana Camarero

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2022-11-15

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9027256926

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This volume, which can be considered as a follow-up publication to Pusch & Wesch (2003), contains ten studies on verbal periphrases in a wide array of Romance languages, both in a synchronic and in a historic perspective. Thus, this collective volume addresses the Romance verbal periphrastic system as a whole. The aim of the contributions is twofold: on the one hand, the authors intend to enrich the knowledge about the inventory of verbal periphrases of Romance languages, both in descriptive and analytical terms. On the other hand, the volume seeks to provide new insights for the study of the grammatical, pragmatic, and cognitive foundations of verbal periphrases, in order to enlarge our comprehension of their genesis, their evolution and their usage. Languages treated in the contributions include Catalan, (European) French, Friulian, (European) Portuguese, Romanian, (European) Spanish, and Catalan Sign Language (LSC).


Programming C# 12

Programming C# 12

Author: Ian Griffiths

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2024-06-07

Total Pages: 876

ISBN-13: 1098158334

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C# is undeniably one of the most versatile programming languages available to engineers today. With this comprehensive guide, you'll learn just how powerful the combination of C# and .NET can be. Author Ian Griffiths guides you through C# 12.0 and .NET 8 fundamentals and techniques for building cloud, web, and desktop applications. Designed for experienced programmers, this book provides many code examples to help you work with the nuts and bolts of C#, such as generics, LINQ, and asynchronous programming features. You'll get up to speed on .NET 8 and the latest C# 11.0 and 12.0 additions, including generic math, new polymorphism options, enhanced pattern matching, and new features designed to improve productivity. This book helps you: Understand how .NET has changed in recent releases and learn what it means for application development Select the appropriate C# language features for any task Learn when to use the new features and when to stick with older ones Examine the range of functionality in .NET's class libraries Apply these class libraries to practical programming tasks Explore numerous small additions to .NET that improve expressiveness


The Oxford Companion to Philosophy

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy

Author: Ted Honderich

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2005-03-10

Total Pages: 2277

ISBN-13: 0191037478

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Oxford University Press presents a major new edition of the definitive philosophical reference work for readers at all levels. For ten years the original volume has served as a stimulating introduction for general readers and as an indispensable guide for students; its breadth and depth of coverage have ensured that it is also read with pleasure and interest by those working at a higher level in philosophy and related disciplines. A distinguished international assembly of 249 philosophers contributed almost 2,000 entries, and many of these have now been considerably revised and updated; to these are added over 300 brand-new pieces on a fascinating range of current topics. This new edition offers enlightening and enjoyable discussions of all aspects of philosophy, and of the lives and work of the great philosophers from antiquity to the present day.