Uncertainty and Probability
| dc.contributor.author | Nutter, J. Terry | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Computer Science | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-19T14:35:54Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-19T14:35:54Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1986 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Advocates of probability theory as a primary tool for reasoning in contexts of uncertainty and incomplete information have increased in number in recent years. At the same time, opponents have put forward a variety of arguments against using probabilities in this field. This paper examines the relationship between probability theory and reasoning in uncertainty, and argues that (contra opposing views) probability theory does have a place, but that its place is more restricted than many of its advocates claim. In particular, two major theses are presented and argued for. (1) Reasoning from probabilities works well in domains which permit a clear analysis in terms of events over outcome spaces and for which either relatively large bodies of evidence or long periods of "kaining" are available; but such domains are relatively rare, and even there, care must be taken in interpreting probability results. And (2) some generalizations with which AI applications must concern themselves am not statistical in nature, in the sense that statistical generalizations neither capture their meanings nor even preserve their truth values. For these contexts, different models will be needed. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier | http://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000042/ | en |
| dc.identifier.sourceurl | http://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00000042/01/TR-86-36.pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.trnumber | TR-86-36 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/19924 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | en |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Historical Collection(Till Dec 2001) | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.title | Uncertainty and Probability | en |
| dc.type | Technical report | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
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