Inductive reasoning and chance discovery

  • Authors:
  • Ahmed Y. Tawfik

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Computer Science, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

  • Venue:
  • Minds and Machines - Machine learning as experimental philosophy of science
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

This paper argues that chance (risk or opportunity) discovery is challenging, from a reasoning point of view, because it represents a dilemma for inductive reasoning. Chance discovery shares many features with the grue paradox. Consequently, Bayesian approaches represent a potential solution. The Bayesian solution evaluates alternative models generated using a temporal logic planner to manage the chance. Surprise indices are used in monitoring the conformity of the real world and the assessed probabilities. Game theoretic approaches are proposed to deal with multi-agent interaction in chance management.