文档介绍：FOUNDATIONS OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Series Editors
J. Hendler
H. Kitano
B. Nebel
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Handbook of Knowledge Representation
Edited by
Frank van Harmelen
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
herlands
Vladimir Lifschitz
University of Texas at Austin
USA
Bruce Porter
University of Texas at Austin
USA
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