The purpose of this paper is to study the fundamental mechanism, humans use in
argumentation, and to explore ways to implement this mechanism on computers. We do so …

Handbook of Knowledge Representation describes the essential foundations of Knowledge
Representation, which lies at the core of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The book provides an up …

This chapter introduces the basics of neural-symbolic systems used thoughout the book. A
brief bibliographical review is also presented. Neural-symbolic systems have become a very …

In this book the author gives a broad overview of different areas of research in
nonmonotonic reasoning, and presents some new results and ideas based on his research …

Default logic is one of the most prominent approaches to nonmonotonic reasoning, and
allows one to make plausible conjectures when faced with incomplete information about the …

Humans are often extraordinary at performing practical reasoning. There are cases where
the human computer, slow as it is, is faster than any artificial intelligence system. Are we …

This book aims to synthesize different directions in knowledge studies into a unified theory of
knowledge and knowledge processes. It explicates important relations between knowledge …

Publisher Summary Classic logic is monotonic in the following sense: whenever a sentence
A is a logical consequence of a set of sentences T, A is also a consequence of an arbitrary …

In this paper we present a graph representation of logic programs and default theories. We
show that many of the semantics proposed for logic programs with negation can be …

Publisher Summary The full range of linguistic and semantic phenomena involving generics
is examined in the chapter. The chapter distinguishes generic reference from generic …