On 7/28/08, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PLN uses confidence values within its truth values, with a different > underlying semantics and math than NARS; but that doesn't help much with the > above problem... > > There is a confidence-penalty used in PLN whenever an independence assumption > is invoked, but it's not that severe of a penalty -- and nor should it be. > When additional evidence is not available, making an independence assumption > is appropriate, even though sometimes it will turn out to be wrong.
Even if you assume independence, you'll have 2 distinct paths leading to contradicting conclusions. So you need some way to pick a winner. I think Pei Wang's definition of confidence is good and can solve this example. I'll check out your book when it's out =) YKY ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=108809214-a0d121 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
