Revising Incompletely Specified Convex Probabilistic Belief Bases
Gavin Rens, Thomas Meyer, Giovanni Casini

TL;DR
This paper introduces a novel method for revising incomplete probabilistic belief bases using boundary distributions and Lewis Imaging, with proofs of correctness and discussion of entropy-based alternatives.
Contribution
It presents a new approach to belief revision in probabilistic bases, combining boundary distributions and Lewis Imaging, and compares it with entropy-based methods.
Findings
Boundary distribution method is effective for belief revision.
Lewis Imaging provides a correct revision operation.
Different methods yield different revised belief bases.
Abstract
We propose a method for an agent to revise its incomplete probabilistic beliefs when a new piece of propositional information is observed. In this work, an agent's beliefs are represented by a set of probabilistic formulae -- a belief base. The method involves determining a representative set of 'boundary' probability distributions consistent with the current belief base, revising each of these probability distributions and then translating the revised information into a new belief base. We use a version of Lewis Imaging as the revision operation. The correctness of the approach is proved. The expressivity of the belief bases under consideration are rather restricted, but has some applications. We also discuss methods of belief base revision employing the notion of optimum entropy, and point out some of the benefits and difficulties in those methods. Both the boundary distribution…
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TopicsBayesian Modeling and Causal Inference · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
