Title :
Normative causality with ramification and implicit qualifications
Author :
Mahat, Khelfallah ; Aicha, Mokhtari
Author_Institution :
Departement d´´Informatique, USTHB, Alger, Algeria
Abstract :
In this paper we show how the generalization of the normative causal theory, in presence of indirect effect, handles implicit qualifications and incomplete description of the world. Implicit qualifications are deduced by exploiting domain constraints as qualification constraints.
Keywords :
common-sense reasoning; knowledge based systems; domain constraints; implicit qualifications; knowledge-based systems; normative causal theory; qualification constraints; qualitative reasoning; Delay effects; Knowledge based systems; Layout; Qualifications;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2002 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7437-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2002.1173305
