01.05.1995 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Others A Computational Framework for Dialectical ReasoningPierre St-Vincent, Daniel Poulin and Paul Bratley Dialectics are important not only in law but in every domain where knowledge is not certain; that is, everywhere assumptions must be made. After a review of recent advances in computational dialectics and related fields, we present the […] Read more
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Vagueness, Open texture and Computational dialectics
01.07.1994 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Others Vagueness, Open texture and Computational dialecticsPierre St-Vincent, Daniel Poulin, Paul Bratley In this paper we are seeking general definitions of vagueness. They have much to do with dialectical reasoning since we are interested in vagueness caused by differing opinions, or points of view, about the definition of concepts. Read more
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A Contradiction Management System
01.01.1994 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Others A Contradiction Management SystemPaul Bratley, Pierre St-Vincent and Daniel Poulin In most existing systems that give expert advice, efforts are made to ensure that the rules in the knowledge base do not give rise to contradictions. This is partly to avoid confusing the user, and partly for fear that a […] Read more
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Contradiction and Confirmation
18.09.1993 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Court Technology, Others Daniel Poulin[1],Pierre St-Vincent[2] and Paul Bratley[2] [1]Centre de recherche en droit public[2]Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnelle Université de Montréal,C.P. 6128, Succursale AMONTRÉAL (Québec),Canada H3C 3J7 Abstract. In most expert systems, efforts are made to keep the rules in the knowledge base... Read more
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Legal interpretation in expert systems
18.07.1993 Tags: Daniel Poulin, Court Technology, Others Daniel Poulin[1], Paul Bratley[2],Jacques Frémont[1] and Ejan Mackaay[1] [1]Centre de recherche en droit publicpoulind, fremont, mackaay@droit.umontreal.ca [2]Département d’informatique et de recherche opérationnellebratley@iro.umontreal.ca Université de Montréalc.p. 6128, Succursale AMontréal (Québec)Canada H3C 3J7 Paper submitted... Read more