An Analysis of Property-Flow View vs Individual-Flow View of Inheritance

Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan

doi:10.1007/3-540-54563-8_89

An Analysis of Property-Flow View vs Individual-Flow View of Inheritance

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Abstract

In [Touretzky et al., 1987] and [Selman and Levesque, 1989], a brief comparison between upward and downward view of inheritance reasoning is given. In this paper, we review the evolution of inheritance networks, and analyze systematically, the downward (property flow) and upward (individual flow) views of inheritance for different categories of networks. We observe that both these views assign the same meaning to tree-structured hierarchies, and explain the divergence in the interpretation of more general inheritance networks in terms of their expressive power. This simple analysis sheds light on the inherent nature of nonmoaotonic inheritance. In addition, we also describe the notion of preferential inheritance to specify additional conflict resolution information, which can be integrated smoothly with the upward view of inheritance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Methodologies for Intelligent Systems
Subtitle of host publication	6th International Symposium, ISMIS 1991, Proceedings
Editors	Zbigniew W. Ras, Maria Zemankova
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	256-265
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-38466-3
ISBN (Print)	9783540545637
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54563-8_89
State	Published - 1991
Event	6th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, ISMIS 1991 - Charlotte , United States Duration: Oct 16 1991 → Oct 19 1991

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	542 LNAI Part F2
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	6th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, ISMIS 1991
Country/Territory	United States
City	Charlotte
Period	10/16/91 → 10/19/91

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

Keywords

Computer science
Artificial intelligence
Logic in artificial intelligence
Expert Systems
Learning and Adaptive Systems
kowledge base

Disciplines

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

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Thirunarayan, K. (1991). An Analysis of Property-Flow View vs Individual-Flow View of Inheritance. In Z. W. Ras, & M. Zemankova (Eds.), Methodologies for Intelligent Systems: 6th International Symposium, ISMIS 1991, Proceedings (pp. 256-265). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 542 LNAI Part F2). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54563-8_89

An Analysis of Property-Flow View vs Individual-Flow View of Inheritance. / Thirunarayan, Krishnaprasad.
Methodologies for Intelligent Systems: 6th International Symposium, ISMIS 1991, Proceedings. ed. / Zbigniew W. Ras; Maria Zemankova. Springer Verlag, 1991. p. 256-265 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 542 LNAI Part F2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Thirunarayan, K 1991, An Analysis of Property-Flow View vs Individual-Flow View of Inheritance. in ZW Ras & M Zemankova (eds), Methodologies for Intelligent Systems: 6th International Symposium, ISMIS 1991, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 542 LNAI Part F2, Springer Verlag, pp. 256-265, 6th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, ISMIS 1991, Charlotte , United States, 10/16/91. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54563-8_89

Thirunarayan K. An Analysis of Property-Flow View vs Individual-Flow View of Inheritance. In Ras ZW, Zemankova M, editors, Methodologies for Intelligent Systems: 6th International Symposium, ISMIS 1991, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 1991. p. 256-265. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/3-540-54563-8_89

Thirunarayan, Krishnaprasad. / An Analysis of Property-Flow View vs Individual-Flow View of Inheritance. Methodologies for Intelligent Systems: 6th International Symposium, ISMIS 1991, Proceedings. editor / Zbigniew W. Ras ; Maria Zemankova. Springer Verlag, 1991. pp. 256-265 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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