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We describe a method for extending an inference process for propositional probability logic to predicate probability logic in the case where the language in purely unary and show that the method is well defined for the Minimum Distance and CM ∞ inference processes.
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Paris, J.B., Rad, S.R. (2008). Inference Processes for Quantified Predicate Knowledge. In: Hodges, W., de Queiroz, R. (eds) Logic, Language, Information and Computation. WoLLIC 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5110. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69937-8_22
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