Situation Theory And Its Applications Volume 2

Author : Robin Cooper,Jon Barwise,Kuniaki Mukai,John Perry
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0937073717

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Situation Theory and Its Applications: Volume 2 by Robin Cooper,Jon Barwise,Kuniaki Mukai,John Perry Pdf

Situation theory is the result of an interdisciplinary effort to create a full-fledged theory of information. Created by scholars and scientists from cognitive science, computer science, AI, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and mathematics, the theory is forging a common set of tools for the analysis of phenomena from all these fields. This volume presents work that evolved out of the Second Conference on Situation Theory and its Applications. Twenty-six essays exhibit the wide range of the theory, covering such topics as natural language semantics, philosophical issues about information, mathematical applications, and the visual representation of information in computer systems.Jon Barwise is a professor of philosophy, mathematics, and logic at Indiana University in Bloomington. Jean Mark Gawron is a researcher at SRI International and a consultant at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. Gordon Plotkin is a professor of theoretical computer science at the University of Edinburgh. Syun Tutiya is in the philosophy department at Chiba University in Japan.

Author : Peter Aczel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:311777987

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Situation Theory and Its Applications by Peter Aczel Pdf

Author : Robin Cooper,Peter Aczel,Kuniaki Mukai,John Perry
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1881526089

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Situation Theory and Its Applications: Volume 3 by Robin Cooper,Peter Aczel,Kuniaki Mukai,John Perry Pdf

Situation theory is the result of an interdisciplinary effort to create a full-fledged theory of information. Created by scholars and scientists from cognitive science, computer science and AI, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and mathematics, it aims to provide a common set of tools for the analysis of phenomena from all these fields. Unlike Shannon-Weaver type theories of information, which are purely quantitative theories, situation theory aims at providing tools for the analysis of the specific content of a situation (signal, message, data base, statement, or other information-carrying situation). The question addressed is not how much information is carried, but what information is carried.

Author : William Feller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-08
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780471257097

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An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume 2 by William Feller Pdf

The classic text for understanding complex statistical probability An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications offers comprehensive explanations to complex statistical problems. Delving deep into densities and distributions while relating critical formulas, processes and approaches, this rigorous text provides a solid grounding in probability with practice problems throughout. Heavy on application without sacrificing theory, the discussion takes the time to explain difficult topics and how to use them. This new second edition includes new material related to the substitution of probabilistic arguments for combinatorial artifices as well as new sections on branching processes, Markov chains, and the DeMoivre-Laplace theorem.

Author : Jon Barwise,Jean Mark Gawron,Gordon Plotkin,Syun Tutiya
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991-11-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0937073709

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Situation Theory and its Applications: by Jon Barwise,Jean Mark Gawron,Gordon Plotkin,Syun Tutiya Pdf

Situation theory is the result of an interdisciplinary effort to create a full-fledged theory of information. Created by scholars and scientists from cognitive science, computer science, AI, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and mathematics, the theory is forging a common set of tools for the analysis of phenomena from all these fields. This volume presents work that evolved out of the Second Conference on Situation Theory and its Applications. Twenty-six essays exhibit the wide range of the theory, covering such topics as natural language semantics, philosophical issues about information, mathematical applications, and the visual representation of information in computer systems.Jon Barwise is a professor of philosophy, mathematics, and logic at Indiana University in Bloomington. Jean Mark Gawron is a researcher at SRI International and a consultant at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. Gordon Plotkin is a professor of theoretical computer science at the University of Edinburgh. Syun Tutiya is in the philosophy department at Chiba University in Japan.

Author : Keith J. Devlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1995-09-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0521499712

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Logic and Information by Keith J. Devlin Pdf

Paperback edition of ground-breaking new theory of information processing.

Author : Cornelis Joost van Rijsbergen,Fabio Crestani,Mounia Lalmas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461556176

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Information Retrieval: Uncertainty and Logics by Cornelis Joost van Rijsbergen,Fabio Crestani,Mounia Lalmas Pdf

In recent years, there have been several attempts to define a logic for information retrieval (IR). The aim was to provide a rich and uniform representation of information and its semantics with the goal of improving retrieval effectiveness. The basis of a logical model for IR is the assumption that queries and documents can be represented effectively by logical formulae. To retrieve a document, an IR system has to infer the formula representing the query from the formula representing the document. This logical interpretation of query and document emphasizes that relevance in IR is an inference process. The use of logic to build IR models enables one to obtain models that are more general than earlier well-known IR models. Indeed, some logical models are able to represent within a uniform framework various features of IR systems such as hypermedia links, multimedia data, and user's knowledge. Logic also provides a common approach to the integration of IR systems with logical database systems. Finally, logic makes it possible to reason about an IR model and its properties. This latter possibility is becoming increasingly more important since conventional evaluation methods, although good indicators of the effectiveness of IR systems, often give results which cannot be predicted, or for that matter satisfactorily explained. However, logic by itself cannot fully model IR. The success or the failure of the inference of the query formula from the document formula is not enough to model relevance in IR. It is necessary to take into account the uncertainty inherent in such an inference process. In 1986, Van Rijsbergen proposed the uncertainty logical principle to model relevance as an uncertain inference process. When proposing the principle, Van Rijsbergen was not specific about which logic and which uncertainty theory to use. As a consequence, various logics and uncertainty theories have been proposed and investigated. The choice of an appropriate logic and uncertainty mechanism has been a main research theme in logical IR modeling leading to a number of logical IR models over the years. Information Retrieval: Uncertainty and Logics contains a collection of exciting papers proposing, developing and implementing logical IR models. This book is appropriate for use as a text for a graduate-level course on Information Retrieval or Database Systems, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.

Author : Andrzej Wisniewski
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783643903815

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Essays in Logical Philosophy by Andrzej Wisniewski Pdf

This collection of papers is written in the spirit of what is nowadays called 'Logical Philosophy.' The topics addressed include: skepticism and the criterion of truth, situational semantics, computational aspects of possible worlds semantics and question-answer systems, occurrent beliefs, the logical omniscience paradox, paraconsistency, and models of explanatory procedures. (Series: Development in Humanities - Vol. 12)

Author : Franz-Viktor Kuhlmann
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UOM:39015052698803

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Valuation Theory and Its Applications by Franz-Viktor Kuhlmann Pdf

This book is the first of two proceedings volumes stemming from the International Conference and Workshop on Valuation Theory held at the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, SK, Canada). The special feature of this book is its focus on current applications of valuation theory to a broad range of topics. This first volume contains research and survey papers on a variety of valuation-theoretic topics, including rigid analytic geometry, real algebraic geometry, resolution of singularities, noncommutative valuation theory, valuations on fields, and Galois theory. Also included is a paper on the history of valuation theory. The book is suitable for graduate students and research mathematicians working in algebra, algebraic geometry, number theory, and mathematical logic.

Author : Gordana Dodig Crnkovic,Mark Burgin
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789814295475

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Information and Computation by Gordana Dodig Crnkovic,Mark Burgin Pdf

This volume provides a cutting-edge view of the world's leading authorities in fields where information and computation play a central role.

Author : A. Clark,J. Ezquerro,Jesús M. Larrazabal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789401587310

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Philosophy and Cognitive Science: Categories, Consciousness, and Reasoning by A. Clark,J. Ezquerro,Jesús M. Larrazabal Pdf

PHILOSOPHY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE: CATEGORIES, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND REASONING The individual man, since his separate existence is manifested only by ignorance and error, so far as he is anything apart from his fellows, and from what he and they are to be, is only a negation. Peirce, Some Consequences of Four Incapacities. 1868. For the second time the International Colloquium on Cognitive Science gathered at San Sebastian from May, 7-11, 1991 to discuss the following main topics: Knowledge of Categories Consciousness Reasoning and Interpretation Evolution, Biology, and Mind It is not an easy task to introduce in a few words the content of this volume. We have collected eleven invited papers presented at the Colloquium, which means the substantial part of it. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to include all the invited lectures of the meeting. Before sketching and showing the relevance of each paper, let us explain the reasons for having adopted the decision to organize each two years an international colloquium on Cognitive Science at Donostia (San Sebastian). First of all, Cognitive Science is a very active research area in the world, linking multidisciplinary efforts coming mostly from psychology, artificial intelligence, theoretical linguistics and neurobiology, and using more and more formal tools. We think that this new discipline lacks solid foundations, and in this sense philosophy, particularly knowledge theory, and logic must be called for.

Author : William Feller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Probabilities
ISBN : 8126518057

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An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications by William Feller Pdf

· Introduction: The Nature of Probability Theory· The Sample Space· Elements of Combinatorial Analysis· Fluctuations in Coin Tossing and Random Walks· Combination of Events· Conditional Probability· Stochastic Independence· The Binomial and Poisson Distributions· The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution· Unlimited Sequences of Bernoulli Trials· Random Variables· Expectation· Laws of Large Numbers· Integral Valued Variables· Generating Functions· Compound Distributions· Branching Processes· Recurrent Events· Renewal Theory· Random Walk and Ruin Problems· Markov Chains· Algebraic Treatment of Finite Markov Chains· The Simplest Time-Dependent Stochastic Processes

Author : Nirdosh Bhatnagar
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781351379113

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Mathematical Principles of the Internet, Volume 2 by Nirdosh Bhatnagar Pdf

This two-volume set on Mathematical Principles of the Internet provides a comprehensive overview of the mathematical principles of Internet engineering. The books do not aim to provide all of the mathematical foundations upon which the Internet is based. Instead, they cover a partial panorama and the key principles. Volume 1 explores Internet engineering, while the supporting mathematics is covered in Volume 2. The chapters on mathematics complement those on the engineering episodes, and an effort has been made to make this work succinct, yet self-contained. Elements of information theory, algebraic coding theory, cryptography, Internet traffic, dynamics and control of Internet congestion, and queueing theory are discussed. In addition, stochastic networks, graph-theoretic algorithms, application of game theory to the Internet, Internet economics, data mining and knowledge discovery, and quantum computation, communication, and cryptography are also discussed. In order to study the structure and function of the Internet, only a basic knowledge of number theory, abstract algebra, matrices and determinants, graph theory, geometry, analysis, optimization theory, probability theory, and stochastic processes, is required. These mathematical disciplines are defined and developed in the books to the extent that is needed to develop and justify their application to Internet engineering.

Author : John Perry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192542076

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Frege's Detour by John Perry Pdf

John Perry offers a rethinking of Gottlob Frege's seminal contributions to philosophy of language. Frege's innovations provided the basis of modern logic, but his influence in other areas should not be understated. For instance, the view that he developed in "On Sense and Reference", the most studied essay in the philosophy of language, dominated twentieth-century work in the field and continues to be very influential. Perry explains and charts the development of Frege's views in this area, and argues that his doctrine of indirect reference directed philosophy of language on a long detour from which only now can we emerge. Perry advocates a move away from indirect reference and presents an alternative framework which does not require the abandoning of circumstances in the references of sentences.

Author : Prashant Parikh
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262291668

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Language and Equilibrium by Prashant Parikh Pdf

A new framework that shows how to derive the meaning of an utterance from first principles by modeling it as a system of interdependent games. In Language and Equilibrium, Prashant Parikh offers a new account of meaning for natural language. He argues that equilibrium, or balance among multiple interacting forces, is a key attribute of language and meaning and shows how to derive the meaning of an utterance from first principles by modeling it as a system of interdependent games. His account results in a novel view of semantics and pragmatics and describes how both may be integrated with syntax. It considers many aspects of meaning—including literal meaning and implicature—and advances a detailed theory of definite descriptions as an application of the framework. Language and Equilibrium is intended for a wide readership in the cognitive sciences, including philosophers, linguists, and artificial intelligence researchers as well as neuroscientists, psychologists, and economists interested in language and communication.