Intelligent Information Systems and Decision Making
Dr Mary-Anne Williams, maryanne@infosystems.newcastle.edu.au
Head of Information Systems , School of Management, Newcastle
Tuesday 8 September, 11 AM.
Abstract
Belief revision is an area of research that has developed
significantly over recent years. It provides mechanisms for changing
repositories of information in the light of new information. As a
process it is driven by the principle of Minimal Change, and can be used
to incorporate new information into a knowledge base without
compromising its integrity.
Dealing with change presents a significant problem for decision making
in intelligent information systems, and we will show how Belief Revision
techniques provide a sophisticated tool for modeling change.
This talk will outline the theory of belief revision, demonstrate a Java
implementation and describe several real world applications in the areas
of Software Engineering, Marketing Research, and Intelligent Business
Agents.
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