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On the Relation between Abductive and Inductive Hypotheses

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Abduction and Induction

Part of the book series: Applied Logic Series ((APLS,volume 18))

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Abduction and induction have been recognized as important forms of reasoning with incomplete information that are appropriate for many problems in artificial intelligence (AI). Abduction is usually used for design, diagnosis and other such tasks. Induction is usually used for classification, program generation, and other similar tasks.

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Abe, A. (2000). On the Relation between Abductive and Inductive Hypotheses. In: Flach, P.A., Kakas, A.C. (eds) Abduction and Induction. Applied Logic Series, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0606-3_11

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