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Efficient Defeasible Reasoning Systems

Maher, Michael ; Rock, Allan ; Antoniou, Grigoris ; Billington, David ; Miller, Tristan (2001)
Efficient Defeasible Reasoning Systems.
In: International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 10 (4)
doi: 10.1142/S0218213001000623
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

For many years, the non-monotonic reasoning community has focussed on highly expressive logics. Such logics have turned out to be computationally expensive, and have given little support to the practical use of non-monotonic reasoning. In this work we discuss defeasible logic, a less-expressive but more efficient non-monotonic logic. We report on two new implemented systems for defeasible logic: a query answering system employing a backward-chaining approach, and a forward-chaining implementation that computes all conclusions. Our experimental evaluation demonstrates that the systems can deal with large theories (up to hundreds of thousands of rules). We show that defeasible logic has linear complexity, which contrasts markedly with most other non-monotonic logics and helps to explain the impressive experimental results. We believe that defeasible logic, with its efficiency and simplicity, is a good candidate to be used as a modelling language for practical applications, including modelling of regulations and business rules.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2001
Autor(en): Maher, Michael ; Rock, Allan ; Antoniou, Grigoris ; Billington, David ; Miller, Tristan
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Efficient Defeasible Reasoning Systems
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2001
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 10
(Heft-)Nummer: 4
DOI: 10.1142/S0218213001000623
URL / URN: https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218213001000623
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

For many years, the non-monotonic reasoning community has focussed on highly expressive logics. Such logics have turned out to be computationally expensive, and have given little support to the practical use of non-monotonic reasoning. In this work we discuss defeasible logic, a less-expressive but more efficient non-monotonic logic. We report on two new implemented systems for defeasible logic: a query answering system employing a backward-chaining approach, and a forward-chaining implementation that computes all conclusions. Our experimental evaluation demonstrates that the systems can deal with large theories (up to hundreds of thousands of rules). We show that defeasible logic has linear complexity, which contrasts markedly with most other non-monotonic logics and helps to explain the impressive experimental results. We believe that defeasible logic, with its efficiency and simplicity, is a good candidate to be used as a modelling language for practical applications, including modelling of regulations and business rules.

ID-Nummer: TUD-CS-2001-0011
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 20 Fachbereich Informatik
20 Fachbereich Informatik > Ubiquitäre Wissensverarbeitung
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