A Comparative Study of Default Reasoning and Epistemic Processes

A comparative study between the theories of default reasoning and open logic is given.Some concepts of open logic,such as new premises,rejections by facts,reconstructions ,epistemic processes,and its limit are introduced to describe th evolution of hypotheses.An improved version of the limit theorem is given and proved.A model-theoretic interpretation of the closed normal defaults is given using the above concepts and the corresponding completeness is proved.Any extension of a closed normal default theory is proved to be the linit of a δ-partial increasing epistemic process of that theory,and vice versa.It is proved that there exist two distinct extensions of a closed normal default theory iff there is an δ-non-monotonic epistemic process of that theory.The completeness of Reiter‘s proof is also given and proved,in terms of the epistemic processes.Finally,the work is compared with Gaerdenfors‘s theory of knowledge in flux.     

Constraints on extensions of a default theory

In this paper,the representability of a family of theories as the set of extensions of a default theory is studied.Firest,a new necessary condition is given for the representability by means of general default theories.then a sufficient one is presented.The families of theories represneted by default theories are also fully characterized.Finally,the paper gives an example of denumerable families of mutually inconsistent theories that are represented by a default theory but not by normal ones.     

Regular disjunction-free default theories

In this paper, the class of regular disjunction-free default theories is introduced and investigated.A transformation from regular default theories to normal default theories is established. The initial theory andthe transformed theory have the same extensions when restricted to old variables. Hence, regular default theoriesenjoy some similar properties (e.g., existence of extensions, semi-monotonicity) as normal default theories. Then,a new algorithm for credulous reasoning of regular theories is developed. This algorithm runs in a time not morethan 0(1.45~n), where n is the number of defaults. In case of regular prerequisite-free or semi-2CNF defaulttheories, the credulous reasoning can be solved in polynomial time. However, credulous reasoning for semi-Horndefault theories is shown to be NP-complete although it is tractable for Horn default theories. Moreover, skepticalreasoning for regular unary default theories is co-NP-complete.     

Master-slave synchronization of singular Lur’e systems with time-delay

This paper is concerned with the problem of designing a time-delay output feedback control law for master-slave synchronization of singular Lur’e systems. Using generalized Lyapunov stability theory, a sufficient condition for the existence of such feedback control law is given and an explicit expression of such control law is also achieved. These algorithms are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities, which can be easily performed numerically. A numerical example is used to illustrate the effectiveness of the design method.     

Extending Hoare Logic with an Infinite While-Rule

In the paper we generalize the while-rule in Hoare calculus to an infinite one and then present a sufficient condition much weaker than the expressiveness for Cook‘2 relative completeness theorem with respect to our new axiomatic system.Using the extended Hoare calculus we can derive true Hoare formulas which contain while statements free of loop invariants.It is also pointed out that the weak condition is a first order property and therefore provides a possible approach to the characterization of relative completeness which is also a first order property.     

Morgan''s problem of Boolean control networks

This paper investigates the Morgan''s problem of Boolean control networks. Based on the matrix expression of logical functions, two key steps are proposed to solve the problem. First, the Boolean control network is converted into an output-decomposed form by constructing a set of consistent output-friendly subspaces, and a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of the consistent output-friendly subspaces is obtained. Secondly, a type of state feedback controllers are designed to solve the Morgan''s problem if it is solvable. By solving a set of matrix equations, a necessary and sufficient condition for converting an output-decomposed form to an input-output decomposed form is given, and by verifying the output controllability matrix, the solvability of Morgan''s problem is obtained.     

Some Results on Default Logic

In the previous paper,some important properties of extensions of general default theories were given.In order to further explore default logic,a characterization of extensions is presented.And a class of defaults,so-called Auto-compatible Default Theory,is also introduced.All these essentially develop the theories of Reiter and his followers.     

广义快子系统的H∞最优模型降阶

In this paper, H∞ optimal model reduction for singular fast subsystems will be investigated. First, error system is established to measure the error magnitude between the original and reduced systems, and it is demonstrated that the new feature for model reduction of singular systems is to make H_ norm of the error system finite and minimal. The necessary and sufficient condition is derived for the existence of the H∞ suboptimal model reduction problem. Next, we give an exact and practicable algorithm to get the parameters of the reduced subsystems by applying the matrix theory. Meanwhile, the reduced system may be also impulsive. The advantages of the proposed algorithm are that it is more flexible in a straight-forward way without much extra computation, and the order of the reduced systems is as minimal as possible. Finally, one illustrative example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed model reduction approach.     

基于T-S模型的非线性时滞离散系统的鲁棒镇定

A robust stabilization problem is considered for time delay nonlinear discrete-time systems based on T-S fuzzy model. A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of such controllers is given through Lyapunov stability theorem. And it is further shown that this condition is equivalent to the solvability of a certain linear matrix inequality, which can be solved easily by using the LMI toolbox of Matlab. At last, an illustrative example of truck-trailer is presented to show the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Default reasoning and belief revision: A syntax-independent approach

As an important variant of Reiter‘s default logic.Poole(1988) developed a nonmonotonic reasoning framework in the classical first-order language,Brewka and Nebel extended Poole‘s approach in order to enable a representation of priorities between defaults.In this paper a general framework for default reasoning is presented,which can be viewed as a generalization of the three approaches above.It is proved that the syntax-independent default reasoning in this framework is identical to the general belief revision operation introduced by Zhang et al.(1997).This esult provides a solution to the problem whether there is a correspondence between belief revision and default logic for the infinite case .As a by-product,an answer to the the question,raised by Mankinson and Gaerdenfors(1991),is also given about whether there is a counterpart contraciton in nonmonotonic logic.     

A New Research into Default Logic

In previous papers some important properties of extensions of general default theories were given. In order to dedicate further research to default logic, a characterization of extensions is presented again and some new algorithms for reasoning tasks in default logic are presented in this paper. A class of default theories, auto-compatible default theory, is also developed. We show that the characterization and notions of compatibility and auto-compatibility, suitably applied to logic programs, yield some sufficient conditions of existence of answer sets. All these essentially develop the theories of Reiter and his followers.     

关于D.W.Etherington的扩充产生算法的一个注记

Ｄ．Ｗ．Ｅｔｈｅｒｉｎｇｔｏｎ提出了一类总是有扩充的缺省理论，即有限有序缺省理论，同时使用接连近似的方法给出产生这类缺省理论的所有扩充的算法，并证明该算法对有限有序网络缺省理论总是收敛到一扩充。本文首先举例说明Ｄ．Ｗ．Ｅｔｈｅｒｉｎｇｔｏｎｄ的算法对一般的有限有序缺省理论并非总是收敛，然后给出了该算法对
对一般的有限有序缺省理论收敛的一个充分条件。     

Logic Programs,Compatibility and Forward Chaining Construction

Logic programming under the stable model semantics is proposed as a non-monotonic language for knowledge representation and reasoning in artificial intelligence. In this paper, we explore and extend the notion of compatibility and the Λ operator, which were first proposed by Zhang to characterize default theories. First, we present a new characterization of stable models of a logic program and show that an extended notion of compatibility can characterize stable submodels. We further propose the notion of weak auto-compatibility which characterizes the Normal Forward Chaining Construction proposed by Marek, Nerode and Remmel. Previously, this construction was only known to construct the stable models of FC-normal logic programs, which turn out to be a proper subclass of weakly auto-compatible logic programs. We investigate the properties and complexity issues for weakly auto-compatible logic programs and compare them with some subclasses of logic programs.     

缺省推理中的三个定理

本文证明了缺省推理中的三个定理.定理1表明了缺省推理的非单调性这一特点.定理2的实际意义在于,在一个封闭规范缺省理论(D,W)中,只要W能推出D中某些缺省的结论,则可以把这样的缺省规则从理论中删除,所得到的较小的缺省理论其延伸仍与原来缺省理论一样.尤其是若W能推出D中所有的缺省规则结论,则(D,W)的延伸就是W,这就是本文推论的结论.     

利用重写系统研究缺省逻辑

本文在布尔环重量写系统中研究了缺省逻辑。一个缺省理论等价于一个布尔环方程组。本文还分析了命题缺省理论外延的结构，证明了一个缺省理论的外延的模型集合就是对应的布尔环方程组的极大缺省解，从而为确定缺省理论的外延提供了一种简便实用的方法。     

Ordered seminormal default theories and their extensions

Abstract

The concept of extension plays an important role in default logic. The notion of an ordered seminormal default theory has been introduced (Etherington 1987) to characterize a class of seminormal default theories which have extensions. However, the original definition has a drawback because of its dependence on specific representations of the default theory. We introduce the ‘canonical representation’ of a default theory and redefine the orderedness of a default theory based on its canonical representation. We show that under the new definition, the orderedness of a default theory Δ = (W,D) is intrinsic to the theory itself, independent of the specific representations of W and D. We present a modification of the algorithm in Etherington (1987) for computing extensions of a default theory. More importantly, we prove the conjecture (Etherington 1987) that a modified version of the algorithm in Etherington (1987) converges for general ordered, finite seminormal default theories, while the original algorithm was proven (Etherington 1987) to converge for ordered, finite network default theories which form a proper subset of the theories considered in this paper.     

贪婪缺省逻辑

提出一种贪婪缺省逻辑,旨在构造扩展的过程中尽可能的保留缺省规则当中的信息.给出了贪婪缺省逻辑的推演系统-GD系统和贪婪缺省的GD-扩展的定义.并且证明了对于缺省理论 的一个扩展,必定存在一个贪婪缺省理论的GD-扩展使得缺省逻辑的扩展是贪婪缺省逻辑扩展的子集.并且存在贪婪缺省理论 的某一GD-扩展,该GD-扩展不包含缺省理论的任一扩展.因此缺省逻辑和贪婪缺省逻辑是两种不同的逻辑.     

累积缺省逻辑的扩充

针对缺省理论的一大热点问题—缺省扩充,将Grigoris Antonion的语义算子理论算法及V.W.Marek和M.Frusz-cyuski的语构算法用于计算累积缺省逻辑(CDL)的扩充,系统地讨论了CDL及其新变种CADL与QDL的理论的扩充问题,从而使得具有累积性的缺省逻辑扩充的计算问题系统化,同时指出这两种方法可用于其他类型的缺省理论扩充的计算。     

若干限制形式的缺省推理的复杂性

该文研究判定一文字是否出现在缺省理论〈D,W〉的某一扩张中的复杂性.其中,D是一集Horn缺省规则,而W是definite Horn公式或者Bi-Horn公式.     

缺省理论的简化

缺省理论△=(D,W)中的缺省规则集D,是该理论的不确定因素.如果能去掉一些缺省规则而又不影响该理论的延伸,则就在一定程度上简化了该理论.本文证明了关于规范缺省理论的延伸的若干性质,利用这些性质,我们可以把某些规范缺省理论在一定条件下得以化简,有的甚至可以把它们化为一阶逻辑理论.