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Knowledge over Dense Flows of Time (from a Hybrid Point of View)

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This paper is about an application of hybrid logic to the following problem with reasoning about knowledge: how to axiomatize spaces of knowledge states over dense flows of time? We provide an answer to this question below, proving a corresponding completeness theorem. We will make essential use of the fact that the hybrid logical language is particularly suited to express, in the modal sense, flrst-order properties of frames.

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  1. Fachbereich Informatik, FernUniversität Hagen, PO Box 940, D-58084, Hagen, Germany

    Bernhard Heinemann

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 208016, Kanpur, India

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Heinemann, B. (2002). Knowledge over Dense Flows of Time (from a Hybrid Point of View). In: Agrawal, M., Seth, A. (eds) FST TCS 2002: Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. FSTTCS 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2556. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36206-1_18

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