Probabilistic reasoning under coherence in System P

Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 34, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 5-34

  Gilio, Angelo ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli Matematici   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coherence; Conditional probability bounds; Nonmonotonic reasoning; Precise propagation; Probabilistic consistency; Probabilistic entailment; Probabilistic reasoning; System P

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036116678     PISSN: 10122443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014422615720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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