Title :
Updating on conditional information
Author :
Adams, Ernest W.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
12/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper, concentrating on deductions among conditional expressions, extends some previous ideas of the author as an alternative to the use of conditional event algebra. The approach taken here is through metalanguage-based “high probability relations”. Higher order conditionals are also treated in the same metalevel format, in contrast to the object language format of conditional event algebra. Other comparisons with conditional event algebra are also discussed, and a potentially promising technique is presented for connecting metalanguage probability relations with object language relations
Keywords :
computational linguistics; formal languages; inference mechanisms; probabilistic logic; probability; conditional event algebra; conditional information; deductions; high probability relations; inference; metalanguage; metalinguistic statements; object language; probability; Algebra; Bayesian methods; Joining processes; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on