Logical Foundations for Rule-Based Systems (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783540291176)

Thinking in terms of facts and rules is perhaps one of the most common ways of approaching problem de?nition and problem solving both in everyday life and under more formal circumstances. The best known set of rules, the Ten Commandments have been accompanying us since the times of Moses; the Decalogue proved to be simple but powerful, concise and universal. It is logically consistent and complete. There are also many other attempts to impose rule-based regulations in almost all areas of life, including professional work, education, medical services, taxes, etc. Some most typical examples may include various codes (e.g. legal or tra?c code), regulations (especially military ones), and many systems of customary or informal rules. The universal nature of rule-based formulation of behavior or inference principles follows from the concept of rules being a simple and intuitive yet powerful concept of very high expressive power. Moreover, rules as such encode in fact functional aspects of behavior and can be used for modeling numerous phenomena.

Author: Antoni Ligeza
ISBN-10: 3540291172
ISBN-13: 9783540291176
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2006
Pages: 309
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d