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Applications of Uncertainty Formalisms

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Anthony Hunter

    1. Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK

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  2. Simon Parsons

    1. Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of London, London, UK

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  • The book is indispensable reading for researchers and professionals interested in the application of uncertainty formalisms as well as for newcomers to the topic
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 1455)

Part of the book sub series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction to uncertainty formalisms

      • Anthony Hunter, Simon Parsons
      Pages 1-7

    2. A Review of Uncertainty Handling Formalisms

      • Simon Parsons, Anthony Hunter
      Pages 8-37

  3. Application case studies

    1. Using Uncertainty Management Techniques in Medical Therapy Planning: a Decision-Theoretic approach

      • Paolo Magni, Riccardo Bellazzi, Franco Locatelli
      Pages 38-57

    2. An Ordinal Approach to the Processing of Fuzzy Queries with Flexible Quantifiers

      • Patrick Bosc, Ludovic Liétard, Henri Prade
      Pages 58-75

    3. Using Uncertainty Techniques in Radio Communication Systems

      • K. van Dam
      Pages 76-87

    4. Handling imperfect knowledge in Milord II for the identification of marine sponges

      • Marta Domingo, Lluís Godo, Carles Sierra
      Pages 88-137

    5. Qualitative risk assessment fulfils a need

      • Paul Krause, John Fox, Philip Judson, Mukesh Patel
      Pages 138-156

    6. Information Retrieval and Dempster-Shafer’s Theory of Evidence

      • Mounia Lalmas
      Pages 157-176

    7. Uncertainty Measures associated with Fuzzy Rules for Connection Admission Control in ATM Networks

      • Maria Fernanda N. Ramalho
      Pages 177-197

    8. Handling uncertainty in control of autonomous robots

      • Alessandro Saffiotti
      Pages 198-224

    9. Some Problems in Trying to Implement Uncertainty Techniques in Automated Inspection

      • Duncan Wilson, Alistair Greig, John Gilby, Robert Smith
      Pages 225-241

    10. Correlation using uncertain and temporal information

      • John Bigham
      Pages 242-265

    11. Arguing about beliefs and actions

      • John Fox, Simon Parsons
      Pages 266-302

    12. Analysis of Multi-Interpretable Ecological Monitoring Information

      • Frances Brazier, Joeri Engelfriet, Jan Treur
      Pages 303-324

  4. Technology for applications

    1. A local handling of inconsistent knowledge and default bases

      • Salem Benferhat, Laurent Garcia
      Pages 325-353

    2. The XRay system: An implementation platform for local query-answering in default logics

      • Pascal Nicolas, Torsten Schaub
      Pages 354-378

    3. Model-based Diagnosis: A Probabilistic Extension

      • Ahmed Y. Tawfik, Eric Neufeld
      Pages 379-396

    4. Background to and Perspectives on Possibilistic Graphical Models

      • Jörg Gebhardt, Rudolf Kruse
      Pages 397-414

    5. How much does an agent believe: an extension of modal epistemic logic

      • Subrata K. Das
      Pages 415-426
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About this book

An introductory review of uncertainty formalisms by the volume editors begins the volume. The first main part of the book introduces some of the general problems dealt with in research. The second part is devoted to case studies; each presentation in this category has a well-delineated application problem and an analyzed solution based on an uncertainty formalism. The final part reports on developments of uncertainty formalisms and supporting technology, such as automated reasoning systems, that are vital to making these formalisms applicable. The book ends with a useful subject index. There is considerable synergy between the papers presented. The representative collection of case studies and associated techniques make the volume a particularly coherent and valuable resource. It will be indispensable reading for researchers and professionals interested in the application of uncertainty formalisms as well as for newcomers to the topic.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK

    Anthony Hunter

  • Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of London, London, UK

    Simon Parsons

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Applications of Uncertainty Formalisms

  • Editors: Anthony Hunter, Simon Parsons

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49426-X

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-65312-7Published: 28 October 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-49426-3Published: 29 June 2003

  • Series ISSN: 0302-9743

  • Series E-ISSN: 1611-3349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 474

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

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