Logical Tools for Handling Change in Agent-Based Systems

Agents act on the basis of their beliefs and these beliefs change as they interact with other agents. In this book the authors propose and explain general logical tools for handling change. These tools include preferential reasoning, theory revision, and

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Dov M. Gabbay · Karl Schlechta

Logical Tools for Handling Change in Agent-Based Systems

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Authors Prof. Dov M. Gabbay Department of Computer Science King’s College London, Strand London WC2R 2LS, UK [email protected]

Managing Editors Prof. Dov M. Gabbay Augustus De Morgan Professor of Logic Department of Computer Science King’s College London Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK

and Department of Computer Science Bar-Ilan University 52900 Ramat-Gan Israel and

Prof. Dr. J¨org Siekmann Forschungsbereich Deduktions- und Multiagentensysteme, DFKI Stuhlsatzenweg 3, Geb. 43 66123 Saarbr¨ucken, Germany

Computer Science and Communications Faculty of Sciences University of Luxembourg 6 rue Coudenhove-Kalergi 1359 Luxembourg Prof. Karl Schlechta Laboratoire d’Informatique Fondamentale de Marseille UMR 6166 CNRS and Universit´e de Provence, CMI 39, rue Joliot-Curie 13453 Marseille Cedex 13 France [email protected] [email protected] Cognitive Technologies ISSN 1611-2482 ISBN 978-3-642-04406-9 e-ISBN 978-3-642-04407-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-04407-6 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009939263 ACM Computing Classification (1998): I.2.3, F.4.1 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010  This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: K¨unkelLopka Gm