Written by one of the preeminent researchers in the field, this book provides a
comprehensive exposition of modern analysis of causation. It shows how causality has …

Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems is a complete and accessible account of the
theoretical foundations and computational methods that underlie plausible reasoning under …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the theory of inferred causation. The study of
causation is central to the understanding of human reasoning. Inferences involving …

Representations of Commonsense Knowledge provides a rich language for expressing
commonsense knowledge and inference techniques for carrying out commonsense …

Much of science and engineering is concerned with characterizing processes by equations
describing the relations that hold among parameters of objects and govern their behavior …

In this paper we use dimensional analysis as a method for solving problems in qualitative
physics. We pose and solve some of the qualitative reasoning problems discussed in the …

This paper presents a new logic simulation technique that uses software levelized compiled-
code (LCC) for synchronous designs. Three approaches are proposed: C source code …

Abstract Design is constraint oriented; much of the design process involves the recognition,
formulation and satisfaction of constraints. Constraints are continually being added, deleted …

As stated in the author's preface, this book can be partitioned into three roughly equal
sections. The first few chapters act as a primer on rule-based expert systems; they include …

A prototype expert system, called MODEX, for locating the cause (s) of a set of abnormalities
in a chemical process id described. We discuss a methodology that aids the developement …