Abstract. This paper presents a novel formalization of optimality theory. Unlike previous treatments of optimality in computational linguistics, starting with Ellison 1994, the n...
Abstract. Domain theory began in an attempt to provide mathematical models for high-level programming languages, an area where it has proved to be particularly useful. It is perhap...
Handling exceptions represents one of the most important problems in Artificial Intelligence. Several approaches have been proposed for reasoning on default theories. This paper f...
We describe a methodology to assist scientists in quantifying the degree of evidence in favor of a new proposed theory compared to a standard baseline theory. The figure of merit ...
All known structures involving a constructively obtainable fixed point (or iteration) operation satisfy the equational laws defining iteration theories. Hence, there seems to be...