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A language understanding program must produce as precise a meaning representation as possible from a linguistic input. CONCRETION is the process of developing a specific interpretation by combining various levels of conceptual information. This process represents an assumption-based method of language interpretation, and departs from the traditional approach of treating multiple interpretations...

This paper brings together applied analysis under simplifying assumption and new research on principles for environmental protection when government is costly. The cost effectiveness analysisthe ranking in the control cost curveapplies under optimal taxation in the more general case, but the optimal environmental quality is adjusted.

Tornado occurrence rates computed from the available reports are biased low relative to unknown true rates. To correct for this bias, authors demonstrate a method estimate annual probability of being struck by tornado that uses average report density estimated as function distance nearest city/town center. The is demonstrated on Kansas and then applied 15 other tornado-prone states Nebraska Ten...

Abstract Bruineberg and colleagues argue that a realist interpretation of Markov blankets inadvertently relies upon unfounded assumptions. However, insofar as their diagnosis is accurate, prescribed instrumentalism may ultimately prove insufficient complete remedy. Drawing process-based perspective on living systems, we suggest potential way to avoid some the assumptions behind problems describ...

Various structured argumentation frameworks utilize preferences as part of their inference procedure. In this paper, we consider an inverse the standard reasoning problem, seeking to identify what could lead a given set conclusions being drawn. We ground our work in Assumption-Based Argumentation (ABA) framework, and present algorithm which computes enumerates all possible sets (restricted thre...