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The logic of events

The logic of events An event space is a set of instantaneous events that vary both in time and specificity. The concept of an event space provides a foundation for a logical – i.e., modular and open – approach to causal reasoning. In this article, we propose intuitively transparent axioms for event spaces. These axioms are constructive in the intuitionistic sense, and hence they can be used directly for causal reasoning in any computational logical framework that accommodates type theory. We also put the axioms in classical form and show that in this form they are adequate for the representation in terms of event trees established by Shafer [40] using stronger axioms. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Computer Science; Computer Science, general; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Mathematics, general; Complexity
ISSN
1012-2443
eISSN
1573-7470
DOI
10.1023/A:1018964524717
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Abstract

An event space is a set of instantaneous events that vary both in time and specificity. The concept of an event space provides a foundation for a logical – i.e., modular and open – approach to causal reasoning. In this article, we propose intuitively transparent axioms for event spaces. These axioms are constructive in the intuitionistic sense, and hence they can be used directly for causal reasoning in any computational logical framework that accommodates type theory. We also put the axioms in classical form and show that in this form they are adequate for the representation in terms of event trees established by Shafer [40] using stronger axioms.

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Annals of Mathematics and Artificial IntelligenceSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 8, 2004

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