Uncertain Inference

DOI10.1017/CBO9780511612947zbMath1023.03002MaRDI QIDQ4406655

Henry E. jun. Kyburg, Choh Man Teng

Publication date: 26 June 2003

zbMATH Keywords

uncertaintybelief revisionconditional probabilitystatistical inferencenonmonotonic reasoningevidential probabilityuncertain inferencescientific inference

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Other nonclassical logic (03B60) Logic in artificial intelligence (68T27) Logics of knowledge and belief (including belief change) (03B42) Probability and inductive logic (03B48) Reasoning under uncertainty in the context of artificial intelligence (68T37) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations (03-01) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations (03-02) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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