In modal logic,topological semantics is an intuitive and natural special case of neighbourhood semantics.This paper stems from the observation that the satisfaction relation of topological semantics applies to subset ...In modal logic,topological semantics is an intuitive and natural special case of neighbourhood semantics.This paper stems from the observation that the satisfaction relation of topological semantics applies to subset spaces which are more general than topological spaces.The minimal modal logic which is strongly sound and complete with respect to the class of subset spaces is found.Soundness and completeness results of some famous modal logics(e.g.S4,S5 and Tr)with respect to various important classes of subset spaces(eg intersection structures and complete fields of sets)are also proved.In the meantime,some known results,e.g.the soundness and completeness of Tr with respect to the class of discrete topological spaces,are proved directly using some modifications of the method of canonical mode1,without a detour via neighbourhood semantics or relational semantics.展开更多
In connexive logic,two fundamental ideas are observed:first,no proposition im-plies or is implied by its own negation;second,if a proposition implies p then it will not imply the negation of 4p.In classical logic,neit...In connexive logic,two fundamental ideas are observed:first,no proposition im-plies or is implied by its own negation;second,if a proposition implies p then it will not imply the negation of 4p.In classical logic,neither of the ideas holds,which makes it difficult to give a natural semantics for connexive logic.By combining Kleene's three valued logic and Lewis'conditional logic,we propose a new natural semantics for connexive logic.We give four ax-iomatic systems characterizing different classes of selection models in the new semantics.We prove soundness and completeness of these logics and compare them with some comexive 1og-ics in the literature.展开更多
Institutional logic theory,a pivotal framework within organizational studies,delineates the multifaceted and intricate logics that underpin organizational fields.This theoretical perspective elucidates the manner in w...Institutional logic theory,a pivotal framework within organizational studies,delineates the multifaceted and intricate logics that underpin organizational fields.This theoretical perspective elucidates the manner in which diverse individuals or groups within an organization internalize and manifest distinct institutional logics,alongside the ensuing political and cultural conflicts.Furthermore,the theory endeavors to elucidate the complexities inherent in institutional logic across organizational fields,examining the reflection of these logics among various individuals or groups and their associated political and cultural dichotomies.Central to this discourse is the acknowledgment of the core systems that constitute the fabric of a country,encompassing the state,market,familial structures,corporate entities,professional bodies,and religious institutions.These components not only coexist with inherent conflicts but also exhibit a high degree of interdependence,underlined by their shared institutional logics.This literature attempts to review and analysis institutional logic in the field of entrepreneurship and integrates institutional logic into entrepreneurs’personal background,experience,and other social characteristics,and study how institutional logic operates.It is recommended that future researchers take entrepreneurs as the research object and conduct more in-depth research on the evolution of organizational response strategies when political and cultural conflicts occur between different groups within the enterprise,combined with institutional logic theory.展开更多
To enable representation and reasoning for fuzzy ontologies with expressive fuzzy knowledge on the semantic web, a new fuzzy extension of description logics called the fuzzy description logics with comparison expressi...To enable representation and reasoning for fuzzy ontologies with expressive fuzzy knowledge on the semantic web, a new fuzzy extension of description logics called the fuzzy description logics with comparison expressions （FCDLs） is presented. The syntax and semantics of FCDLs are formally defined, and the forms of axioms and assertions in FCDLs knowledge bases are specified. FCDLs combine both fuzzy concepts from the fuzzy description logics （FDLs） and cut concepts from the extended fuzzy description logics （EFDLs） in the same theory. Furthermore, cut concepts are extended into comparison cut concepts in FCDLs to represent comparison expressions between fuzzy membership degrees, which are often used in practice but not supported by the other fuzzy extensions of description logics. FCDLs have more expressive power than FDLs and EFDLs, and are able to represent expressive fuzzy knowledge and to perform reasoning tasks based on them. Therefore, FCDLs can enable representation and reasoning for fuzzy ontologies with expressive fuzzy knowledge on the semantic web.展开更多
Ontology is defined as an explicit specification of a conceptualization. In this paper, an extended ontology model was constructed using description logics, which is a 5-tuples including term set, individual set, term...Ontology is defined as an explicit specification of a conceptualization. In this paper, an extended ontology model was constructed using description logics, which is a 5-tuples including term set, individual set, term definition set, instantiation assertion set and term restriction set. Based on the extended model, the issue on ontology checking was studied with the conclusion that the four kinds of term checking, including term satisfiability checking, term subsumption checking, term equivalence checking and term disjointness checking, can be reduced to the satisfiability checking, and satisfiability checking can be transformed into instantiation consistence checking.展开更多
This paper proposes an algorithm applied in se mantic P2P network based on the description logics with the purpose for realizing the concepts distribution of resources, which makes the resources semantic locating easy...This paper proposes an algorithm applied in se mantic P2P network based on the description logics with the purpose for realizing the concepts distribution of resources, which makes the resources semantic locating easy. With the idea of the consistent hashing in the Chord, our algorithm stores the addresses and resources with the values of the same type to select instance. In addition, each peer has its own ontology, which will be completed by the knowledge distributed over the network during the exchange of CHGs （classification hierarchy graphs）. The hierarchy classification of concepts allows to find matching resource by querying to the upper level concept because the all concepts described in the CHG have the same root.展开更多
Logicians have worked with so many different logical systems that it is not possible even to esti-mate the number. Of these, many are best seen as extensions of classical logic, including both thoseof interest to math...Logicians have worked with so many different logical systems that it is not possible even to esti-mate the number. Of these, many are best seen as extensions of classical logic, including both thoseof interest to mathematics and those of interest to philosophy and computer science. (Henceforth Iwill use the term "intelligent systems theory" for the common ground of philosophical logic and展开更多
Nonmonotonic reasoning and nonmonotonic truth maintenance are two important research aspects of artificial intelligence, which have close relations. Existing nonmonotonic truth maintenance systems can be used as the t...Nonmonotonic reasoning and nonmonotonic truth maintenance are two important research aspects of artificial intelligence, which have close relations. Existing nonmonotonic truth maintenance systems can be used as the theorem provers of conventional nonmonotonic logics, but they can't represent and deal with prioritized nonmonotonic reasoning. This paper presented stratified truth maintenance systems which can represent and deal with prioritized justifications. It will be shown that the stratified ATMS can be used as a theorem prover of prioritized nonmonotonic logics.展开更多
Cells are open systems that exchange energy and molecules with their environment.As any material system,they perform all the complex activities required for homeostasis and reproduction,obeying the thermodynamic laws....Cells are open systems that exchange energy and molecules with their environment.As any material system,they perform all the complex activities required for homeostasis and reproduction,obeying the thermodynamic laws.This viewpoint will argue that the basic logic governing the energy flux required to preserve cell organization and function is simple:to decrease the activation energy(Ea)of specific processes.Almost none of the possible chemical reactions and energy transformations inside a cell occur at a measurable speed at room or body temperature.Enzymes or other macromolecular structures speed up particular transformations by decreasing the corresponding energetic barriers.However,to maintain the systems in a homeostatic state,capable of sophisticated functions based on this simple strategy requires an inconceivably complex solution.The conclusion will point to the challenging and intricate problems that cells have solved to carve the highly regulated channel through which the energy flows,fueling the work of these nanoscale machines.展开更多
As one of the oldest human civilizations,the Chinese nation once created brilliant ancient and classical culture.However,in transition to modernity,as China became a late comer of modernization,the Chinese nation has ...As one of the oldest human civilizations,the Chinese nation once created brilliant ancient and classical culture.However,in transition to modernity,as China became a late comer of modernization,the Chinese nation has chosen the Party as the leading force in constructing its modern culture.Guided by Marxism,the Communist Party of China(CPC)has advanced展开更多
We demonstrate the flaws of Mao's method, which is an augmentation ofprotocol idealization in BAN-like logics, and then offer some new idealization rules based on Mao'smethod. Furthermore, we give some theoret...We demonstrate the flaws of Mao's method, which is an augmentation ofprotocol idealization in BAN-like logics, and then offer some new idealization rules based on Mao'smethod. Furthermore, we give some theoretical analysis of our rules using the strand spaceformalism, and show the soundness of our idealization rules under strand spaces Some examples onusing the new rules to analyze security protocols are also concerned. Our idealization method ismore effective than Mao's method towards many protocol instances, and is supported by a formalmodel.展开更多
Neurons with complex-valued weights have stronger capability because of their multi-valued threshold logic. Neurons with such features may be suitable for solution of different kinds of problems including associative ...Neurons with complex-valued weights have stronger capability because of their multi-valued threshold logic. Neurons with such features may be suitable for solution of different kinds of problems including associative memory,image recognition and digital logical mapping. In this paper,robustness or tolerance is introduced and newly defined for this kind of neuron ac-cording to both their mathematical model and the perceptron neuron's definition of robustness. Also,the most robust design for basic digital logics of multiple variables is proposed based on these robust neurons. Our proof procedure shows that,in robust design each weight only takes the value of i or -i,while the value of threshold is with respect to the number of variables. The results demonstrate the validity and simplicity of using robust neurons for realizing arbitrary digital logical functions.展开更多
In the quantum mechanical Hilbert space formalism, the probabilistic interpretation is a later ad-hoc add-on, more or less enforced by the experimental evidence, but not motivated by the mathematical model itself. A m...In the quantum mechanical Hilbert space formalism, the probabilistic interpretation is a later ad-hoc add-on, more or less enforced by the experimental evidence, but not motivated by the mathematical model itself. A model involving a clear probabilistic interpretation from the very beginning is provided by the quantum logics with unique conditional probabilities. It includes the projection lattices in von Neumann algebras and here probability conditionalization becomes identical with the state transition of the Lueders-von Neumann measurement process. This motivates the definition of a hierarchy of five compatibility and comeasurability levels in the abstract setting of the quantum logics with unique conditional probabilities. Their meanings are： the absence of quantum interference or influence, the existence of a joint distribution, simultaneous measurability, and the independence of the final state after two successive measurements from the sequential order of these two measurements. A further level means that two elements of the quantum logic （events） belong to the same Boolean subalgebra. In the general case, the five compatibility and comeasurability levels appear to differ, but they all coincide in the common Hilbert space formalism of quantum mechanics, in von Neumann algebras, and in some other cases.展开更多
Description logics (DLs) are a family of logic-based knowledge representation formalisms with a number of computer science applications. DLs are especially well-known to be valuable for obtaining logical foundations o...Description logics (DLs) are a family of logic-based knowledge representation formalisms with a number of computer science applications. DLs are especially well-known to be valuable for obtaining logical foundations of web ontology languages (e.g., W3C’s ontology language OWL). Paraconsistent (or inconsistency-tolerant) description logics (PDLs) have been studied to cope with inconsistencies which may frequently occur in an open world. In this paper, a comparison and survey of PDLs is presented. It is shown that four existing paraconsistent semantics (i.e., four-valued semantics, quasi-classical semantics, single-interpretation semantics and dual-interpretation semantics) for PDLs are essentially the same semantics. To show this, two generalized and extended new semantics are introduced, and an equivalence between them is proved.展开更多
Over the last two decades, there has been an extensive study of logical formalisms on specifying and verifying real-time systems. Temporal logics have been an important research subject within this direction. Although...Over the last two decades, there has been an extensive study of logical formalisms on specifying and verifying real-time systems. Temporal logics have been an important research subject within this direction. Although numerous logics have been introduced for formal specification of real-time and complex systems, an up to date survey of these logics does not exist in the literature. In this paper we analyse various temporal formalisms introduced for specification, including propositional/first-order linear temporal logics, branching temporal logics, interval temporal logics, real-time temporal logics and probabilistic temporal logics. We give decidability, axiomatizability, expressiveness, model checking results for each logic analysed. We also provide a comparison of features of the temporal logics discussed.展开更多
The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze how and why contradictions recurrently arise regarding how incoming emergency calls at dispatch centers should be assessed,sorted,and handled.The study is based on...The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze how and why contradictions recurrently arise regarding how incoming emergency calls at dispatch centers should be assessed,sorted,and handled.The study is based on data from documents,study visits,and interviews with representatives from dispatch operators in a Swedish context.The results identify competing alarm and healthcare logics that are incompatible,which leads to contradictions between the national and regional approaches and,consequently,makes collaboration more difficult and affects the precision of emergency call assessment.The study also shows that the assessments of emergency calls are governed more by which logic is applied than by the assessor's formal competence.The study highlights the importance of feedback and subsequent analysis from the health service to the initial call assessment stage,which can improve the alarm logic's weaknesses with over-triage,without extending the response time.We also focused on the mechanisms required to develop and maintain a long-term sustainable alarm function.展开更多
The stochastic interpretation of Parikh＇s game logic should not follow the usual pattern of Kripke models, which in turn are based on the Kleisli morphisms for the Giry monad, rather, a specific and more general appr...The stochastic interpretation of Parikh＇s game logic should not follow the usual pattern of Kripke models, which in turn are based on the Kleisli morphisms for the Giry monad, rather, a specific and more general approach to proba- bilistic nondeterminism is required. We outline this approach together with its probabilistic and measure theoretic basis, in- troducing in a leisurely pace the Giry monad and its Kleisli morphisms together with important techniques for manipu- lating them. Proof establishing specific techniques are given, and pointers to the extant literature are provided. After working through this tutorial, the reader should find it easier to follow the original literature in this and related areas, and it should be possible for her or him to appreciate measure theoretic arguments for original work in the areas of Markov transition systems, and stochastic effectivity func- tions.展开更多
Aims Predicting suitable habitat distribution is an effective way to protect rare or endangered medicinal plants.Cornus officinalis is a perennial tree growing in forest edge and its air-dried pericarp is one of the t...Aims Predicting suitable habitat distribution is an effective way to protect rare or endangered medicinal plants.Cornus officinalis is a perennial tree growing in forest edge and its air-dried pericarp is one of the traditional Chinese medicines(TCM)with significant medicinal values.In recent years,C.officinalis has undergone severe degeneration of its natural habitat owing to growing market demands and unprecedented damage to the forests.Moreover,the degeneration of suitable habitat has threatened the supply of medicinal materials,and even led to the extinction of some engendered medicinal plant species.In this case,there is a great risk to introduce and cultivate medicinal plants if planners determine the suitable cultivation regions based on personal subjective experience alone.Therefore,predicting suitable potential habitat distribution of medicinal plants(e.g.C.officinalis)and revealing the environmental factors determining such distribution patterns are important to habitat conservation and environmental restoration.Methods In this article,we report the results of a study on the habitat distribution of C.officinalis using maximum entropy(Maxent)modeling and fuzzy logics together with loganin content and environmental variables.The localities of 106 C.officinalis in China were collected by our group and other researchers and used as occurrence data.The loganin content of 234 C.officinalis germplasm resources were tested by high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)and used as content data.79 environmental variables were selected and processed with multicollinearity test by using Pearson Correlation Coefficient(r)to determine a set of independent variables.The chosen variables were then processed in the fuzzy linear model according to the cell values(maximum,minimum)of localities with estimated loganin content.The SDMtoolbox was used to spatially rarefy occurrence data and prepare bias files.Furthermore,combined Maxent modeling and fuzzy logics were used to predict the suitable habitat of C.officinalis.The modeling result was validated using null-model method.Important Findings As a result,six environmental factors including tmin3,prec3,bio4,alt,bio12 and bio3 were determined as key influential factors that mostly affected both the habitat suitability and active ingredient of C.officinalis.The highly suitable regions of C.officinalis mainly distribute in a‘core distribution zone’of the east-central China.The statistically significant AUC value indicated that combined Maxent modeling and fuzzy logics could be used to predict the suitable habitat distribution of medicinal plants.Furthermore,our results confirm that ecological factors played critical roles in assessing suitable geographical regions as well as active ingredient of plants,highlighting the need for effective habitat rehabilitation and resource conservation.展开更多
基金supported by the National Social Science Fund of China(No.20CZX048)。
文摘In modal logic,topological semantics is an intuitive and natural special case of neighbourhood semantics.This paper stems from the observation that the satisfaction relation of topological semantics applies to subset spaces which are more general than topological spaces.The minimal modal logic which is strongly sound and complete with respect to the class of subset spaces is found.Soundness and completeness results of some famous modal logics(e.g.S4,S5 and Tr)with respect to various important classes of subset spaces(eg intersection structures and complete fields of sets)are also proved.In the meantime,some known results,e.g.the soundness and completeness of Tr with respect to the class of discrete topological spaces,are proved directly using some modifications of the method of canonical mode1,without a detour via neighbourhood semantics or relational semantics.
基金supported by the MOE Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of China(Grant No.21YJA72040001)。
文摘In connexive logic,two fundamental ideas are observed:first,no proposition im-plies or is implied by its own negation;second,if a proposition implies p then it will not imply the negation of 4p.In classical logic,neither of the ideas holds,which makes it difficult to give a natural semantics for connexive logic.By combining Kleene's three valued logic and Lewis'conditional logic,we propose a new natural semantics for connexive logic.We give four ax-iomatic systems characterizing different classes of selection models in the new semantics.We prove soundness and completeness of these logics and compare them with some comexive 1og-ics in the literature.
文摘Institutional logic theory,a pivotal framework within organizational studies,delineates the multifaceted and intricate logics that underpin organizational fields.This theoretical perspective elucidates the manner in which diverse individuals or groups within an organization internalize and manifest distinct institutional logics,alongside the ensuing political and cultural conflicts.Furthermore,the theory endeavors to elucidate the complexities inherent in institutional logic across organizational fields,examining the reflection of these logics among various individuals or groups and their associated political and cultural dichotomies.Central to this discourse is the acknowledgment of the core systems that constitute the fabric of a country,encompassing the state,market,familial structures,corporate entities,professional bodies,and religious institutions.These components not only coexist with inherent conflicts but also exhibit a high degree of interdependence,underlined by their shared institutional logics.This literature attempts to review and analysis institutional logic in the field of entrepreneurship and integrates institutional logic into entrepreneurs’personal background,experience,and other social characteristics,and study how institutional logic operates.It is recommended that future researchers take entrepreneurs as the research object and conduct more in-depth research on the evolution of organizational response strategies when political and cultural conflicts occur between different groups within the enterprise,combined with institutional logic theory.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60373066,60425206,90412003),the National Basic Research Pro-gram of China (973Program)(No.2002CB312000),the Innovation Plan for Jiangsu High School Graduate Student, the High TechnologyResearch Project of Jiangsu Province (No.BG2005032), and the Weap-onry Equipment Foundation of PLA Equipment Ministry ( No.51406020105JB8103).
文摘To enable representation and reasoning for fuzzy ontologies with expressive fuzzy knowledge on the semantic web, a new fuzzy extension of description logics called the fuzzy description logics with comparison expressions （FCDLs） is presented. The syntax and semantics of FCDLs are formally defined, and the forms of axioms and assertions in FCDLs knowledge bases are specified. FCDLs combine both fuzzy concepts from the fuzzy description logics （FDLs） and cut concepts from the extended fuzzy description logics （EFDLs） in the same theory. Furthermore, cut concepts are extended into comparison cut concepts in FCDLs to represent comparison expressions between fuzzy membership degrees, which are often used in practice but not supported by the other fuzzy extensions of description logics. FCDLs have more expressive power than FDLs and EFDLs, and are able to represent expressive fuzzy knowledge and to perform reasoning tasks based on them. Therefore, FCDLs can enable representation and reasoning for fuzzy ontologies with expressive fuzzy knowledge on the semantic web.
基金National Natural Science Foundation ofChina(No.70 2 710 3 8)
文摘Ontology is defined as an explicit specification of a conceptualization. In this paper, an extended ontology model was constructed using description logics, which is a 5-tuples including term set, individual set, term definition set, instantiation assertion set and term restriction set. Based on the extended model, the issue on ontology checking was studied with the conclusion that the four kinds of term checking, including term satisfiability checking, term subsumption checking, term equivalence checking and term disjointness checking, can be reduced to the satisfiability checking, and satisfiability checking can be transformed into instantiation consistence checking.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China (60403027)
文摘This paper proposes an algorithm applied in se mantic P2P network based on the description logics with the purpose for realizing the concepts distribution of resources, which makes the resources semantic locating easy. With the idea of the consistent hashing in the Chord, our algorithm stores the addresses and resources with the values of the same type to select instance. In addition, each peer has its own ontology, which will be completed by the knowledge distributed over the network during the exchange of CHGs （classification hierarchy graphs）. The hierarchy classification of concepts allows to find matching resource by querying to the upper level concept because the all concepts described in the CHG have the same root.
文摘Logicians have worked with so many different logical systems that it is not possible even to esti-mate the number. Of these, many are best seen as extensions of classical logic, including both thoseof interest to mathematics and those of interest to philosophy and computer science. (Henceforth Iwill use the term "intelligent systems theory" for the common ground of philosophical logic and
文摘Nonmonotonic reasoning and nonmonotonic truth maintenance are two important research aspects of artificial intelligence, which have close relations. Existing nonmonotonic truth maintenance systems can be used as the theorem provers of conventional nonmonotonic logics, but they can't represent and deal with prioritized nonmonotonic reasoning. This paper presented stratified truth maintenance systems which can represent and deal with prioritized justifications. It will be shown that the stratified ATMS can be used as a theorem prover of prioritized nonmonotonic logics.
文摘Cells are open systems that exchange energy and molecules with their environment.As any material system,they perform all the complex activities required for homeostasis and reproduction,obeying the thermodynamic laws.This viewpoint will argue that the basic logic governing the energy flux required to preserve cell organization and function is simple:to decrease the activation energy(Ea)of specific processes.Almost none of the possible chemical reactions and energy transformations inside a cell occur at a measurable speed at room or body temperature.Enzymes or other macromolecular structures speed up particular transformations by decreasing the corresponding energetic barriers.However,to maintain the systems in a homeostatic state,capable of sophisticated functions based on this simple strategy requires an inconceivably complex solution.The conclusion will point to the challenging and intricate problems that cells have solved to carve the highly regulated channel through which the energy flows,fueling the work of these nanoscale machines.
文摘As one of the oldest human civilizations,the Chinese nation once created brilliant ancient and classical culture.However,in transition to modernity,as China became a late comer of modernization,the Chinese nation has chosen the Party as the leading force in constructing its modern culture.Guided by Marxism,the Communist Party of China(CPC)has advanced
文摘We demonstrate the flaws of Mao's method, which is an augmentation ofprotocol idealization in BAN-like logics, and then offer some new idealization rules based on Mao'smethod. Furthermore, we give some theoretical analysis of our rules using the strand spaceformalism, and show the soundness of our idealization rules under strand spaces Some examples onusing the new rules to analyze security protocols are also concerned. Our idealization method ismore effective than Mao's method towards many protocol instances, and is supported by a formalmodel.
文摘Neurons with complex-valued weights have stronger capability because of their multi-valued threshold logic. Neurons with such features may be suitable for solution of different kinds of problems including associative memory,image recognition and digital logical mapping. In this paper,robustness or tolerance is introduced and newly defined for this kind of neuron ac-cording to both their mathematical model and the perceptron neuron's definition of robustness. Also,the most robust design for basic digital logics of multiple variables is proposed based on these robust neurons. Our proof procedure shows that,in robust design each weight only takes the value of i or -i,while the value of threshold is with respect to the number of variables. The results demonstrate the validity and simplicity of using robust neurons for realizing arbitrary digital logical functions.
文摘In the quantum mechanical Hilbert space formalism, the probabilistic interpretation is a later ad-hoc add-on, more or less enforced by the experimental evidence, but not motivated by the mathematical model itself. A model involving a clear probabilistic interpretation from the very beginning is provided by the quantum logics with unique conditional probabilities. It includes the projection lattices in von Neumann algebras and here probability conditionalization becomes identical with the state transition of the Lueders-von Neumann measurement process. This motivates the definition of a hierarchy of five compatibility and comeasurability levels in the abstract setting of the quantum logics with unique conditional probabilities. Their meanings are： the absence of quantum interference or influence, the existence of a joint distribution, simultaneous measurability, and the independence of the final state after two successive measurements from the sequential order of these two measurements. A further level means that two elements of the quantum logic （events） belong to the same Boolean subalgebra. In the general case, the five compatibility and comeasurability levels appear to differ, but they all coincide in the common Hilbert space formalism of quantum mechanics, in von Neumann algebras, and in some other cases.
文摘Description logics (DLs) are a family of logic-based knowledge representation formalisms with a number of computer science applications. DLs are especially well-known to be valuable for obtaining logical foundations of web ontology languages (e.g., W3C’s ontology language OWL). Paraconsistent (or inconsistency-tolerant) description logics (PDLs) have been studied to cope with inconsistencies which may frequently occur in an open world. In this paper, a comparison and survey of PDLs is presented. It is shown that four existing paraconsistent semantics (i.e., four-valued semantics, quasi-classical semantics, single-interpretation semantics and dual-interpretation semantics) for PDLs are essentially the same semantics. To show this, two generalized and extended new semantics are introduced, and an equivalence between them is proved.
文摘Over the last two decades, there has been an extensive study of logical formalisms on specifying and verifying real-time systems. Temporal logics have been an important research subject within this direction. Although numerous logics have been introduced for formal specification of real-time and complex systems, an up to date survey of these logics does not exist in the literature. In this paper we analyse various temporal formalisms introduced for specification, including propositional/first-order linear temporal logics, branching temporal logics, interval temporal logics, real-time temporal logics and probabilistic temporal logics. We give decidability, axiomatizability, expressiveness, model checking results for each logic analysed. We also provide a comparison of features of the temporal logics discussed.
文摘The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze how and why contradictions recurrently arise regarding how incoming emergency calls at dispatch centers should be assessed,sorted,and handled.The study is based on data from documents,study visits,and interviews with representatives from dispatch operators in a Swedish context.The results identify competing alarm and healthcare logics that are incompatible,which leads to contradictions between the national and regional approaches and,consequently,makes collaboration more difficult and affects the precision of emergency call assessment.The study also shows that the assessments of emergency calls are governed more by which logic is applied than by the assessor's formal competence.The study highlights the importance of feedback and subsequent analysis from the health service to the initial call assessment stage,which can improve the alarm logic's weaknesses with over-triage,without extending the response time.We also focused on the mechanisms required to develop and maintain a long-term sustainable alarm function.
文摘The stochastic interpretation of Parikh＇s game logic should not follow the usual pattern of Kripke models, which in turn are based on the Kleisli morphisms for the Giry monad, rather, a specific and more general approach to proba- bilistic nondeterminism is required. We outline this approach together with its probabilistic and measure theoretic basis, in- troducing in a leisurely pace the Giry monad and its Kleisli morphisms together with important techniques for manipu- lating them. Proof establishing specific techniques are given, and pointers to the extant literature are provided. After working through this tutorial, the reader should find it easier to follow the original literature in this and related areas, and it should be possible for her or him to appreciate measure theoretic arguments for original work in the areas of Markov transition systems, and stochastic effectivity func- tions.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(31100241 to C.K.B.)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(GK201402025 to C.K.B.)+3 种基金Shaanxi Science and Technology Plan Project(2011K16-02-05 to C.K.B.)Xi’an Technology Plan Project(NC1116(1)to C.K.B.)Project of Co-Innovation Center for Qinba regions’sustainable development(CIC-QBRSD to C.K.B.)Innovation Funds of Graduate Programs of Shaanxi Normal University(2013CXS017 to B.C.).
文摘Aims Predicting suitable habitat distribution is an effective way to protect rare or endangered medicinal plants.Cornus officinalis is a perennial tree growing in forest edge and its air-dried pericarp is one of the traditional Chinese medicines(TCM)with significant medicinal values.In recent years,C.officinalis has undergone severe degeneration of its natural habitat owing to growing market demands and unprecedented damage to the forests.Moreover,the degeneration of suitable habitat has threatened the supply of medicinal materials,and even led to the extinction of some engendered medicinal plant species.In this case,there is a great risk to introduce and cultivate medicinal plants if planners determine the suitable cultivation regions based on personal subjective experience alone.Therefore,predicting suitable potential habitat distribution of medicinal plants(e.g.C.officinalis)and revealing the environmental factors determining such distribution patterns are important to habitat conservation and environmental restoration.Methods In this article,we report the results of a study on the habitat distribution of C.officinalis using maximum entropy(Maxent)modeling and fuzzy logics together with loganin content and environmental variables.The localities of 106 C.officinalis in China were collected by our group and other researchers and used as occurrence data.The loganin content of 234 C.officinalis germplasm resources were tested by high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)and used as content data.79 environmental variables were selected and processed with multicollinearity test by using Pearson Correlation Coefficient(r)to determine a set of independent variables.The chosen variables were then processed in the fuzzy linear model according to the cell values(maximum,minimum)of localities with estimated loganin content.The SDMtoolbox was used to spatially rarefy occurrence data and prepare bias files.Furthermore,combined Maxent modeling and fuzzy logics were used to predict the suitable habitat of C.officinalis.The modeling result was validated using null-model method.Important Findings As a result,six environmental factors including tmin3,prec3,bio4,alt,bio12 and bio3 were determined as key influential factors that mostly affected both the habitat suitability and active ingredient of C.officinalis.The highly suitable regions of C.officinalis mainly distribute in a‘core distribution zone’of the east-central China.The statistically significant AUC value indicated that combined Maxent modeling and fuzzy logics could be used to predict the suitable habitat distribution of medicinal plants.Furthermore,our results confirm that ecological factors played critical roles in assessing suitable geographical regions as well as active ingredient of plants,highlighting the need for effective habitat rehabilitation and resource conservation.
