Summary of Belief Change Based on Knowledge Measures, by Umberto Straccia et al.
Belief Change based on Knowledge Measures
by Umberto Straccia, Giovanni Casini
First submitted to arxiv on: 15 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed quantitative Belief Change (BC) framework is built upon Knowledge Measures (KMs), aiming to minimize the surprise carried by changed beliefs from an information-theoretic perspective. The framework defines belief change operators that satisfy the AGM postulates, which are crucial for modeling BC processes. The authors also introduce measures accounting for information loss, gain, and change during contraction, expansion, and revision. Furthermore, they provide a characterization of any BC operator satisfying the AGM postulates as a KM-based BC operator. Additionally, the paper explores iterated revision and offers an illustrative example using the severe withdrawal model. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The researchers developed a new way to measure how beliefs change when we learn new information. They created a framework that uses these measurements to decide how to update our beliefs in the most efficient way possible. The framework is based on principles of information theory and ensures that the updated beliefs are consistent with what we already know. The authors also introduced ways to measure the amount of information lost, gained, or changed during this process. This work has implications for artificial intelligence systems that need to learn from new data. |
