A hybrid approach to inference in probabilistic non-monotonic logic programming

Matthias Nickles, Alessandra Mileo

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    Abstract

    We present a probabilistic inductive logic programming framework which integrates non-monotonic reasoning, probabilistic inference and parameter learning. In contrast to traditional approaches to probabilistic Answer Set Programming (ASP), our framework imposes only comparatively little restrictions on probabilistic logic programs - in particular, it allows for ASP as well as FOL syntax, and for precise as well as imprecise (interval valued) probabilities. User-configurable sampling and inference algorithms, which can be combined in a pipeline-like fashion, provide for general as well as specialized, more scalable approaches to uncertainty reasoning, allowing for adaptability with regard to different reasoning and learning tasks.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)57-68
    Number of pages12
    JournalCEUR Workshop Proceedings
    Volume1413
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    Event2nd International Workshop on Probabilistic Logic Programming, PLP 2015 - co-located with 31st International Conference on Logic Programming, ICLP 2015 - Cork, Ireland
    Duration: 31 Aug 2015 → …

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