Foundations of Probabilistic Logic Programming
Languages, Semantics, Inference and Learning
Author: Fabrizio Riguzzi, University of Ferrara, Italy
Publisher: River Publishers
Series: River Publishers Series in Software Engineering
ISBN: 9788770220187
e-ISBN: 9788770220170
http://mcs.unife.it/~friguzzi/plp-book.html
Sample content:
Table of contents http://mcs.unife.it/~friguzzi/table-of-contents.pdf
Preface http://mcs.unife.it/~friguzzi/preface.pdf
Chapter 2 http://mcs.unife.it/~friguzzi/chapter2.pdf
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the publisher: http://www.riverpublishers.com/book_details.php?book_id=660
Amazon: http://amzn.eu/d/0094M57
Abstract
Probabilistic Logic Programming extends Logic Programming by enabling the representation of uncertain information. Probabilistic Logic Programming is at the intersection of two wider research fields: the integration of logic and probability and Probabilistic Programming.
Logic enables the representation of complex relations among entities while probability theory is useful for model uncertainty over attributes and relations. Combining the two is a very active field of study. Probabilistic Programming extends programming languages with probabilistic primitives that can be used to write complex probabilistic models. Algorithms for the inference and learning tasks are then provided automatically by the system.
Probabilistic Logic programming is at the same time a logic language, with its knowledge representation capabilities, and a Turing complete language, with its computation capabilities, thus providing the best of both worlds.
Since its birth, the field of Probabilistic Logic Programming has seen a steady increase of activity, with many proposals for languages and algorithms for inference and learning. Foundations of Probabilistic Logic Programming aims at providing an overview of the field with a special emphasis on languages under the Distribution Semantics, one of the most influential approaches. The book presents the main ideas for semantics, inference, and learning and highlights connections between the methods.
Many examples of the book include a link to a page of the web application http://cplint.eu where the code can be run online.
Keywords: Probabilistic logic programming, statistical relational learning, statistical relational artificial intelligence, distribution semantics, graphical models, artificial intelligence, machine learning
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