Publisher's Synopsis
Bringing together researchers and workers active in the field of Reason Maintenance Systems (RMS), this book is designed to foster the exchange of ideas and new developments in this fast-growing area of Artificial Intelligence. The chapters reflect the findings of a workshop, which was sponsored by the AISB, which have been carefully selected and edited to form a cohesive and uniformly readable contribution to the literature. The authors review areas of increasing interest to the AI community and to computer scientists, providing concise and up-to-date information of increasing relevance.;Each chapter is written in a self-contained way, making the book suitable for the reader only interested in one or a few of the topics discussed, as well as the reader who requires a general overview of RMS at the present date.
