NONMONOTONIC REASONING: LOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COMMONSENSE
Written by Gerhard Brewka
Published by Cambridge University Press
in 1991
ISBN: 0521383943
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NONMONOTONIC REASONING: LOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COMMONSENSE
Written by Gerhard Brewka.
Stock no. 989089
1st.
1991.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
The author gives a broad overview of different areas of research in nonmonotonic reasoning, and presents some new results and ideas based on his research. Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science 12. Blue decorative boards. ix and 168 pages including index. ISBN: 0521383943. Ex-lib, stamps to prelims and text block, else contents very good.
Front cover

Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Modal Nonmonotonic Logics
- Chapter 3: Default Logic
- Chapter 4: Cicumscription
- Chapter 5: Preferred Subtheories
- Chapter 6: A Conditional Approach
- Chapter 7: Nonmonotonic Theorem Proving
- Chapter 8: Inheritance Systems
- Chapter 9: Nonmonotonic Rule-Based Systems
- Chapter 10: Nonmonotonic Reasoning - Where Do We Stand?