A theorem on the consistency of circumscription (Q578934)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4014069
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    A theorem on the consistency of circumscription
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4014069

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      A theorem on the consistency of circumscription (English)
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      1987
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      This paper gives more general conditions under which McCarthy's circumscription is consistent, allowing application of the method outside the domain of universal sentences. It is shown that circumscription as presented here continues to correspond to the semantic model of minimization. Some applications are detailed.
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      commonsense reasoning in predicate logic
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      nonmonotonic logic
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      circumscription
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      semantic model of minimization
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