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A deduction in classical logic is valid for all time, but in non-monotonic reasoning new information may mean that conclusions may have to be withdrawn (See Fig. 9.1).

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Puppe, F. (1993). Non-Monotonic Reasoning. In: Systematic Introduction to Expert Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77971-8_9

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