Rational Pavelka logic: The best among three worlds?

Modal Meinongianism and fiction: the best of three worlds

We outline a neo-Meinongian framework labeled as Modal Meinongian Metaphysics (MMM) to account for the ontology and semantics of fictional discourse. Several competing accounts of fictional objects are originated by the fact that our talking of them mirrors incoherent intuitions: mainstream theories of fiction privilege some such intuitions, but are forced to account for others via complicated ...

Pavelka-style Fuzzy Logic for Attribute Implications

We present Pavelka-style fuzzy logic for reasoning about attribute implications, i.e. formulas A ⇒ B known also as association rules and functional dependencies. Fuzzy attribute implications allow for two different interpretations, namely, in data tables with graded (fuzzy) attributes and in data tables over domains with similarity relations. In the first interpretation, A ⇒ B reads “each objec...

Best of Three Worlds: Towards Sound Architectural Dependability Models

This paper surveys the most prominent formalisms for availability and reliability analysis and discusses the pros and cons of these approaches. Based on our findings, we outline a solution that unites the merits of the existing approaches into a sound architectural dependability model.

The Best of Both Worlds

Open networks give actors non-redundant information that is diverse, while closed networks offer redundant information that is easier to interpret. Integrating arguments about network structure and the similarity of actors' knowledge, we propose two types of network configurations that combine diversity and ease of interpretation. Closed-diverse networks offer diversity in actors' knowledge dom...

The best of both worlds.