Circumscription - a form of non-monotonic reasoning

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DOI10.1016/0004-3702(80)90011-9zbMath0435.68073OpenAlexW2945259913WikidataQ56224665 ScholiaQ56224665MaRDI QIDQ1140440

John McCarthy

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Artificial Intelligence (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0004-3702(80)90011-9



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