Inconsistency Tolerance

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bertossi, Leopoldo (Editor), Hunter, Anthony (Editor), Schaub, Torsten (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3300
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computer logic.; Mathematical logic.; Database management.; Computer Science.; Database Management.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; Software Engineering.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Inconsistency arises in many areas in advanced computing. Often inconsistency is unwanted, for example in the specification for a plan or in sensor fusion in robotics; however, sometimes inconsistency is useful. Whether inconsistency is unwanted or useful, there is a need to develop tolerance to inc...