The Logic of Theory Change

The logic of theory change is a growing area of research in artificial intelligence. The papers in this volume chart out the current state of research in the area and indicate directions of future research. Connections to other areas of AI are emphasized throughout.

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Inquiry, argumentation and knowledge.- Rational control of reasoning in artificial intelligence.- Computational issues in belief revision.- Some results on theory revision.- Epistemic entrenchment with incomparabilities and relational belief revision.- The negative Ramsey test: Another triviality result.- A nonmonotonic conditional logic for belief revision.- Relations between the logic of theory change and nonmonotonic logic.- Belief revision in a framework for default reasoning.- Preferential cumulative reasoning and nonmonotonic semantic nets.- Propositional logic based on the dynamics of disbelief.- On the modal logic of theory change.- Discourse representation theory and belief dynamics.- Multiple contraction a further case against gärdenfors' principle of recovery.