Causal discovery and the problem of ignorance. An adaptive logic approach

Journal of Applied Logic

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-205

  Leuridan, Bert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptive logic; Causal discovery

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE LOGIC; CAUSAL DISCOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

EID: 64149086055     PISSN: 15708683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jal.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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