Independence-Friendly Logic
A Game-Theoretic Approach
Gabriel Sandu author Allen L Mann author Merlijn Sevenster author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:5th May '11
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A systematic introduction suitable for readers who have little familiarity with logic. Provides numerous examples and complete proofs.
Bringing together over twenty years of research, this book gives a complete overview of independence-friendly logic, an exciting logical formalism at the interface of logic and game theory. It is suitable for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have taken a course on first-order logic.Bringing together over twenty years of research, this book gives a complete overview of independence-friendly logic. It emphasizes the game-theoretical approach to logic, according to which logical concepts such as truth and falsity are best understood via the notion of semantic games. The book pushes the paradigm of game-theoretical semantics further than the current literature by showing how mixed strategies and equilibria can be used to analyze independence-friendly formulas on finite models. The book is suitable for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have taken a course on first-order logic. It contains a primer of the necessary background in game theory, numerous examples and full proofs.
'… well-written and a valuable source for anyone interested in game-theoretic approaches to logic and in the emergent logical study of dependence and independence phenomena.' Theory and Practice of Logic Programming
ISBN: 9780521149341
Dimensions: 227mm x 152mm x 11mm
Weight: 320g
216 pages