A Causal Theory of Ramifications and Qualifications Export

@inproceedings{mccain95causal, abstract = {This paper is concerned with the problem of determining the indirect effects or ramifications of actions. We argue that the standard framework in which background knowledge is given in the form of state constraints is inadequate and that background knowledge should instead be given in the form of "causal laws." We represent "causal laws" first as inference rules and later as sentences in a modal, conditional logic C flat . For the framework with "causal laws," we propose a simple fixpoint...}, address = {San Francisco}, author = {Mccain, Norman and Turner, Hudson}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence}, citeulike-article-id = {327849}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.44.8134}, editor = {Mellish, Chris}, keywords = {causality, depth, nonmonotonic, ramifications, reasoning\_about\_action}, pages = {1978--1984}, posted-at = {2005-09-21 07:28:43}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann}, title = {A Causal Theory of Ramifications and Qualifications}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.44.8134}, year = {1995} }

TY - CONF ID - mccain95causal L3 - citeulike-article-id:327849 N2 - This paper is concerned with the problem of determining the indirect effects or ramifications of actions. We argue that the standard framework in which background knowledge is given in the form of state constraints is inadequate and that background knowledge should instead be given in the form of "causal laws." We represent "causal laws" first as inference rules and later as sentences in a modal, conditional logic C flat . For the framework with "causal laws," we propose a simple fixpoint... AD - San Francisco EP - 1984 TI - A Causal Theory of Ramifications and Qualifications PB - Morgan Kaufmann T2 - Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence SP - 1978 KW - causality KW - depth KW - nonmonotonic KW - ramifications KW - reasoning_about_action AU - Mccain, Norman AU - Turner, Hudson A2 - Mellish, Chris PY - 1995/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.44.8134 ER -