{"product_id":"logic-and-conditional-probability-a-synthesis-paperback","title":"Logic and Conditional Probability: A Synthesis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Calabrese\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis monograph develops an algebra of Boolean \u003cem\u003efractions\u003c\/em\u003e, (ab) - ordered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epairs of propositions or events - \"a \u003cem\u003eif b\u003c\/em\u003e\", \"event a \u003cem\u003egiven \u003c\/em\u003eevent b\". In nine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echapters, the author shows that these conditional propositions (together with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir associated instantiations or models): \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvide logical elements that better represent and more faithfully facilitate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emanipulation of certain and uncertain \u003cem\u003econditional \u003c\/em\u003einformation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtend the Boole's algebra of 2-valued statements to a 3-valued system\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat includes \"\u003cem\u003einapplicable \u003c\/em\u003estatements\" - those whose condition may be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efalse in some or all instances (examples, cases, models...)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllow a \u003cem\u003edefinition \u003c\/em\u003eof the probability of an arbitrary Boolean proposition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNon-trivially combine Boolean logic with standard conditional probability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvide a complete and adequate development of the crucial 4th operation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor Boolean logic, namely \u003cem\u003econditioning, \u003c\/em\u003eincluding iterated conditioning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvide an expanded theory of deduction defined in terms of the extended\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoperations on the Boolean fractions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdmit a variety of deduction relations, and that the deductively closed sets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egenerated by some initial set of conditionals can be calculated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtend the ordinary function operations of sum, difference, product \u0026amp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003equotient to real-valued functions with possibly different or overlapping\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edomains of definition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepresent \u0026amp; simplify complex conditional statements in Bayesian expert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esystems used to calculate \u003cem\u003emaximum information entropy \u003c\/em\u003esolutions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplicate the logic of quantum measurements by better expressing the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echanging conditions in quantum mechanics\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47337292759289,"sku":"9781848902589","price":31.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/or42aNL3eJ9781848902589.webp?v=1769678742","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/logic-and-conditional-probability-a-synthesis-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}