a 6 : 1, pp. 136 – 155, 2010 AN INDUCTIVE MODAL APPROACH FOR THE LOGIC OF EPISTEMIC INCONSISTENCY 1

The quantum instanton approximation for thermal rate constants, a type of quantum transition state theory (QTST), is applied to a model proton transfer reaction in liquid methyl chloride developed by Azzouz and Borgis. Monte Carlo path integral methods are used to carry out the calculations, and two other closely related QTST's, namely, the centroid-density and Hansen-Andersen QTST, are also ev...

Pairwise comparison matrices often exhibit inconsistency, therefore, a number of indices has been introduced to measure their deviation from a consistent matrix. Since inconsistency first emerges in the case of three alternatives, several inconsistency indices are based on triads. Recently, a set of axioms has been proposed, and is required to be satisfied by any reasonable inconsistency index....

Measuring inconsistency degrees of knowledge bases (KBs) provides important context information for facilitating inconsistency handling. Several semantic and syntax based measures have been proposed separately. In this paper, we propose a new way to define inconsistency measurements by combining semantic and syntax based approaches. It is based on counting the variables of minimal unsatisfiable...