Dynamics of inductive inference in a unified framework

DYNAMICS OF INDUCTIVE INFERENCE IN A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK By

We present a model of inductive inference that includes, as special cases, Bayesian reasoning, case-based reasoning, and rulebased reasoning. This unified framework allows us to examine, positively or normatively, how the various modes of inductive inference can be combined and how their relative weights change endogenously. We establish conditions under which an agent who does not know the str...

The Role of Computer Anxiety in Acceptance of Iranian Public Library Management System Based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to measure the acceptance and role of computer anxiety among the users of public libraries in Kerman province while using Iranian Public Library Management System (SAMAN) within the framework of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). Method: This is an applied study in terms of purpose and a descriptive study conducted using ...

Characterizing Web Service Substitutivity with Combined Deductive and Inductive Engines

This paper proposes a lightweight mechanism to combine deductive and inductive inference engines and describes an application in which the resulting functionality is shown to add significant value. Within the unified setting of deductive database technology and inductive logic programming, the combination of inference engines is much easier and the resulting systems much better integrated. This...

A Logical Framework for Inductive Inference and Its Rationality

Probability Disassembled

While there is no universal logic of induction, the probability calculus succeeds as a logic of induction in many contexts through its use of several notions concerning inductive inference. They include Addition, through which low probabilities represent disbelief as opposed to ignorance; and Bayes property, which commits the calculus to a ‘refute and rescale’ dynamics for incorporating new evi...