Advances in Multi-Agent Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

The field of multi-agent systems is witnessing significant developments in knowledge representation and reasoning. Researchers are exploring new frameworks and models to enable more effective and transparent decision-making in complex systems. One notable direction is the integration of formalized knowledge representations with symbolic reasoning, allowing for more verifiable and explainable outcomes. Additionally, there is a growing interest in probabilistic approaches to belief revision and stability, which can capture the dynamics of belief updating in a more nuanced way. Paraconsistent frameworks are also being proposed to handle inconsistencies and contradictions in knowledge bases, offering a more robust and interpretable similarity measure. Noteworthy papers include: On Verifiable Legal Reasoning, which introduces a modular multi-agent framework for legal reasoning with formalized knowledge representations, and Probabilistically stable revision and comparative probability, which provides a representation theorem for probabilistically stable revision operators.

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Virtual Group Knowledge and Group Belief in Topological Evidence Models (Extended Version)

On Verifiable Legal Reasoning: A Multi-Agent Framework with Formalized Knowledge Representations

Probabilistically stable revision and comparative probability: a representation theorem and applications

Un cadre paraconsistant pour l'{\'e}valuation de similarit{\'e} dans les bases de connaissances

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