Logic versus Approximation Essays Dedicated to Michael M. Richter on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lenski, Wolfgang (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3075
• Subjects: Computer science.; Algorithms.; Mathematical logic.; Numerical analysis.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Database management.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer Science.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.; Numeric Computing.; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science.; Database Management.

Nowadays knowledge-based systems research and development essentially employs two paradigms of reasoning. There are on the one hand the logic-based approaches where logic is to be understood in a rather broad sense; usually these approaches are used in symbolic domains where numerical calculations a...