• DocumentCode
    3376825
  • Title

    Belief maintenance in a natural language system

  • Author

    Buchheit, Paul

  • Author_Institution
    Harold Washington Coll., Chicago, IL, USA
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    10-13 Nov 1992
  • Firstpage
    293
  • Lastpage
    300
  • Abstract
    A method for belief maintenance for a natural language system is proposed. Based on uncertainty values and the interlinkage of directly asserted and derived propositions, the method provides a means for the postponement of a decision regarding the reason for a contradiction, and includes algorithms that perform nonmonotonic reasoning on a commonsense knowledge base in a manner consistent with humanlike, informal reasoning
  • Keywords
    belief maintenance; common-sense reasoning; natural languages; nonmonotonic reasoning; uncertainty handling; belief maintenance; commonsense knowledge base; contradiction; informal reasoning; natural language system; nonmonotonic reasoning; propositions; uncertainty values; Automatic control; Couplings; Educational institutions; Humans; Knowledge management; Lakes; Logic; Natural languages; Robustness; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1992. TAI '92, Proceedings., Fourth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-2905-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAI.1992.246418
  • Filename
    246418