Epistemic Logic for AI and Computer Science by J-J Ch Meyer

Epistemic Logic for AI and Computer Science by J-J Ch Meyer

Epistemic logic has grown from its philosophical beginnings to find diverse applications in computer science as a means of reasoning about the knowledge and belief of agents. This book, based on courses taught at universities and summer schools, provides a broad introduction to the subject; many exercises are included together with their solutions. The authors begin by presenting the necessary apparatus from mathematics and logic, including Kripke semantics and the well-known modal logics K, T, S4 and S5. Then they turn to applications in the contexts of distributed systems and artificial intelligence: topics that are addressed include the notions of common knowledge, distributed knowledge, explicit and implicit belief, the interplays between knowledge and time, and knowledge and action, as well as a graded (or numerical) variant of the epistemic operators. The problem of logical omniscience is also discussed extensively. Halpern and Moses' theory of honest formulae is covered, and a digression is made into the realm of non-monotonic reasoning and preferential entailment. Moore's autoepistemic logic is discussed, together with Levesque's related logic of 'all I know'. Furthermore, it is shown how one can base default and counterfactual reasoning on epistemic logic.

'Epistemic logic has grown from its philosophical beginnings to find diverse applications in computer science as a means of reasoning about the knowledge and belief of agentsThis book, based on courses taught at universities and summer schools, provides a broad introduction to the subject.' Phinews
' … a very detailed coverage … that is well written, well reasoned, and a useful reference to have on the shelf.' R. J. Bradford, Axis

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ISBN 13	9780521602808
ISBN 10	0521602807
Title	Epistemic Logic for AI and Computer Science
Author	J-J Ch Meyer
Series	Cambridge Tracts In Theoretical Computer Science
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2004-03-25
Number of pages	372
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