『Abductive Inference: Computation, Philosophy, Technology』

John R. Josephson and Susan G. Josephson (eds.)

(1994年刊行,Cambridge University Press,ISBN:0521434610 [hbk] / ISBN:0521575451 [pbk])



【目次】
Introduction 1
1. Conceptual analysis of abduction 5
2. Knowledge-based systems and the science of AI 31
3. The RED systems —— abduction machines a and 2 63
4. Generalizing the control strategy —— machine 3 94
5. More kinds of knowledge : Two diagnostic systems 117
6. Better task analysis, better strategy —— machine 4 136
7. The computational complexity of abduction 157
8. Two more diagnostic systems 180
9. Better task definition, better strategy —— machine 5 202
10. Perception and language understanding 238
Appendix A : Truth seekers 262
Appendix B : Plausibility 266
Extended Bibliography 273
Acknowledgments 291
Index 295