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On consistency in probabilistic logic for logical formulas represented by B-hypertrees

✍ Scribed by Kim Allan Andersen


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
983 KB
Volume
108
Category
Article
ISSN
0377-2217

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✦ Synopsis


One of the problems (mainly unsolved) in probabilistic logic is to consistently assign probabilities to logical formulas. In this paper we consider Horn formulas represented by B-hypertrees. We give a set of necessary conditions that any valid assignment of probabilities to the logical formulas should fulfill. If a certain condition is imposed on the B-hypertree, the necessary conditions are also sufficient, thus describing exactly which rules the assigned probabilities should obey to be consistent.