Uncertain Inference

DOI10.1017/CBO9780511612947zbMath1023.03002MaRDI QIDQ4406655

Henry E. jun. Kyburg, Choh Man Teng

Publication date: 26 June 2003

zbMATH Keywords

uncertainty; belief revision; conditional probability; statistical inference; nonmonotonic reasoning; evidential probability; uncertain inference; scientific inference

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62A01: Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics

00A30: Philosophy of mathematics

03B60: Other nonclassical logic

68T27: Logic in artificial intelligence

03B42: Logics of knowledge and belief (including belief change)

03B48: Probability and inductive logic

68T37: Reasoning under uncertainty in the context of artificial intelligence

03-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations

03-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations

60A05: Axioms; other general questions in probability

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