Deductive reasoning — Deductive reasoning, also called deductive logic, is reasoning which constructs or evaluates deductive arguments. Deductive arguments are attempts to show that a conclusion necessarily follows from a set of premises or hypotheses. A deductive… … Wikipedia
Deductive database — It is a database system which can make deductions (i.e.: conclude additional facts) based on rules and facts stored in the (deductive) database. Datalog is the language typically used to specify facts, rules and queries in deductive databases.… … Wikipedia
Deductive Reasoning — A technique used in expert systems to make a decision. The technique solves a problem by taking the situation given and evaluating it against the relevant rules contained in the system. See also Expert system … International financial encyclopaedia
Formal system — In formal logic, a formal system (also called a logical system,Audi, Robert (Editor). The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy . Second edition, Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 978 0521631365 (hardcover) and ISBN 978 0521637220 (paperback).] … Wikipedia
Hilbert-style deduction system — In logic, especially mathematical logic, a Hilbert style deduction system is a type of system of formal deduction attributed to Gottlob FregeMáté Ruzsa 1997:129] and David Hilbert. These deductive systems are most often studied for first order… … Wikipedia
hypothetico-deductive method — /huy peuh thet i koh di duk tiv/, Logic. a method in which a hypothetical model based on observations is proposed and is then tested by the deduction of consequences from the model. [1925 30; HYPOTHETIC(AL) + O + DEDUCTIVE, prob. as trans. of It… … Universalium
Scott information system — In domain theory, a branch of mathematics and computer science, a Scott information system is a primitive kind of logical deductive system often used as an alternative way of presenting Scott domains.DefinitionA Scott information system, A , is… … Wikipedia
formal system — In logic, a formal language together with a deductive apparatus by which some well formed formulas can be derived from others. Each formal system has a formal language composed of primitive symbols that figure in certain rules of formation… … Universalium
Axiomatic system — In mathematics, an axiomatic system is any set of axioms from which some or all axioms can be used in conjunction to logically derive theorems. A mathematical theory consists of an axiomatic system and all its derived theorems. An axiomatic… … Wikipedia
Expert system — In artificial intelligence, an expert system is a computer system that emulates the decision making ability of a human expert.[1] Expert systems are designed to solve complex problems by reasoning about knowledge, like an expert, and not by… … Wikipedia
