FOUNDATIONS OF REASONING UNDER UNCERTAINTY by Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (Editor), Luis Magdalena (Editor), Manuel Ojeda-Aciego (Editor) ( 9783642262357 )

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Title:

FOUNDATIONS OF REASONING UNDER UNCERTAINTY

By:

Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier (Editor), Luis Magdalena (Editor), Manuel Ojeda-Aciego (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

364226235X

ISBN 13:

9783642262357

Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG

Pub. date:

6 April, 2012

Edition:

Previously published in hardcover

Series:

Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 249

Pages:

265

Description:

This book draws on papers presented at the 2008 Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty (IPMU), held in Malaga, Spain. The conference brought together some of the world's leading experts in the study of uncertainty.

Synopsis:

Uncertainty exists almost everywhere, except in the most idealized situations; it is not only an inevitable and ubiquitous phenomenon, but also a fundamental sci- ti?c principle. Furthermore, uncertainty is an attribute of information and, usually, decision-relevant information is uncertain and/or imprecise, therefore the abilities to handle uncertain information and to reason from incomplete knowledge are c- cial features of intelligent behaviour in complex and dynamic environments. By carefully exploiting our tolerance for imprecision and approximation we can often achieve tractability, robustness, and better descriptions of reality than traditional - ductive methods would allow us to obtain. In conclusion, as we move further into the ageofmachineintelligence,theproblemofreasoningunderuncertainty,in other words, drawing conclusions from partial knowledge, has become a major research theme. Not surprisingly,the rigoroustreatment of uncertaintyrequiressophisticated - chinery, and the present volume is conceived as a contribution to a better und- standing of the foundations of information processing and decision-making in an environment of uncertainty, imprecision and partiality of truth. This volume draws on papers presented at the 2008 Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty (IPMU), held in Malaga, ' Spain, or- nized by the University of Mal ' aga. The conference brought together some of the world's leading experts in the study of uncertainty.

Illustrations:

41 Tables, black and white; XIII, 265 p.

Publication:

Germany

Imprint:

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K

Returns:

Returnable

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