Maximum Entropy Inference with Quantified Knowledge
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Maximum Entropy Inference with Quantified Knowledge
We investigate uncertain reasoning with quantified sentences of the predicate calculus treated as the limiting case of maximum entropy inference applied to finite domains. Motivation and notation In this modest note we consider one possible approach to the following problem P: Suppose that my subjective beliefs in some sentences θ1, θ2, . . . , θm of a predicate language are constrained to sati...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Logic Journal of IGPL
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1367-0751,1368-9894
DOI: 10.1093/jigpal/jzm028