In most existing systems that give expert advice, efforts are made to ensure that the rules in the knowledge base do not give rise to contradictions. This is partly to avoid confusing the user, and partly for fear that a logical system that generates even a single contradiction must collapse. We argue that not only can contradictions be tolerated, but they can even be useful. In a legal context...

The core of the TRIZ theories is the contradiction detection and solution. TRIZ provided various methods for the contradiction solution, but all that is not systematized. Combined with the technique system conception, this paper summarizes an integration solution method for contradiction solution based on the TRIZ contradiction theory. According to the method, a flowchart of integration solutio...

A new class of problems has been identified for workflow management wherein this technology imposes an additional overhead on users which is not adequately compensated by the benefits gained. Multiple observations from real cases identify a contradiction between the preferred work practice and some fundamental principles behind workflow systems. The focus of this paper is primarily to motivate ...

discussions of islamic international law, especially privateinternational law, i.e., nationality, domicile, legal situationof foreigners, and contradiction of laws are not presentedin islamic jurisprudence under the same titles, and thismay lead to the supposition that islamic jurisprudence hasremain silent concerning such problems.the present essay intends to prove incorrectness of thatsupposi...