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Proof systems for probabilistic uncertain reasoning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

J. Paris and
A. Vencovská
J. Paris
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Manchester University, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK E-mail: jeff@ma.man.ac.uk
A. Vencovská
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Manchester University, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK E-mail: alena@ma.man.ac.uk
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Abstract

The paper describes and proves completeness theorems for a series of proof systems formalizing common sense reasoning about uncertain knowledge in the case where this consists of sets of linear constraints on a probability function.

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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , September 1998, pp. 1007 - 1039
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1998

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