Conditionals, Information, and Inference International Workshop, WCII 2002, Hagen, Germany, May 13-15, 2002, Revised Selected Papers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kern-Isberner, Gabriele (Editor), Rödder, Wilhelm (Editor), Kulmann, Friedhelm (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3301
• Subjects: Computer science.; Mathematical logic.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Conditionals are fascinating and versatile objects of knowledge representation. On the one hand, they may express rules in a very general sense, representing, for example, plausible relationships, physical laws, and social norms. On the other hand, as default rules or general implications, they cons...