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We investigate how belief change operations can be effectively constructed. To that end we suppose given a set of laws (alias integrity constraints) together with a relation of dependence between formulas.
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Herzig, A. (1997). How to change factual beliefs using laws and dependence information. In: Gabbay, D.M., Kruse, R., Nonnengart, A., Ohlbach, H.J. (eds) Qualitative and Quantitative Practical Reasoning. FAPR ECSQARU 1997 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1244. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0035631
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