Nonstandard Queries and Nonstandard Answers

Name: Nonstandard Queries and Nonstandard Answers
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ISBN: 9780198538523

ISBN-10: 0198538529

ISBN-13: 9780198538523

Edition: 1994

Authors: R. Demolombe, T. Imielinski

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Future data and knowledge base systems will require new and improved functions such as richer data modeling capabilities, more powerful query languages, and new conceptions of query answers. Future query languages will need to include hypothetical, abductive, meta-, and modal reasoning, involving both knowledge and belief. And intentional answers will ultimately lead to cooperative query answering which takes into consideration a user's expectations. This book explores the formalization of new queries and answers, and emphasizes the important role of non-classical logic. It shows how logic permits precise definitions for concepts like cooperative answers, subjective queries, and reliable…

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List price: $225.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/29/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 292
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.49" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Contributors



An overview of cooperative answering




CoBase: a cooperative database system




Exploiting user models to avoid misconstruals




On using logic to represent belief




Deriving answers to safety queries




Abductive reasoning in 3-valued logic for knowledge bases




Labelled abduction and relevance reasoning




Hypothetical reasoning with intuitionistic logic




A modal analysis of subjunctive queries




Updates and subjunctive queries