TY  - JOUR
A1  - Flöter, André
A1  - Nicolas, Jacques
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
A1  - Selbig, Joachim
T1  - Threshold extraction in metabolite concentration data
N2  - Motivation: Continued development of analytical techniques based on gas chromatography and mass spectrometry now facilitates the generation of larger sets of metabolite concentration data. An important step towards the understanding of metabolite dynamics is the recognition of stable states where metabolite concentrations exhibit a simple behaviour. Such states can be characterized through the identification of significant thresholds in the concentrations. But general techniques for finding discretization thresholds in continuous data prove to be practically insufficient for detecting states due to the weak conditional dependences in concentration data. Results: We introduce a method of recognizing states in the framework of decision tree induction. It is based upon a global analysis of decision forests where stability and quality are evaluated. It leads to the detection of thresholds that are both comprehensible and robust. Applied to metabolite concentration data, this method has led to the discovery of hidden states in the corresponding variables. Some of these reflect known properties of the biological experiments, and others point to putative new states
Y1  - 2004
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Delgrande, James Patrick
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
A1  - Tompits, Hans
A1  - Wang, Kewen
T1  - A classification and survey of preference handling approchaches in nonmonotonic reasoning
N2  - In recent years, there has been a large amount of disparate work concerning the representation and reasoning with qualitative preferential information by means of approaches to nonmonotonic reasoning. Given the variety of underlying systems, assumptions, motivations, and intuitions, it is difficult to compare or relate one approach with another. Here, we present an overview and classification for approaches to dealing with preference. A set of criteria for classifying approaches is given, followed by a set of desiderata that an approach might be expected to satisfy. A comprehensive set of approaches is subsequently given and classified with respect to these sets of underlying principles
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 0824-7935
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Delgrande, James Patrick
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
T1  - Reasoning with sets of preferences in default logic
N2  - We present a general approach for representing and reasoning with sets of defaults in default logic, focusing on reasoning about preferences among sets of defaults. First, we consider how to control the application of a set of defaults so that either all apply (if possible) or none do (if not). From this, an approach to dealing with preferences among sets of default rules is developed. We begin with an ordered default theory, consisting of a standard default theory, but with possible preferences on sets of rules. This theory is transformed into a second, standard default theory wherein the preferences are respected. The approach differs from other work, in that we obtain standard default theories and do not rely on prioritized versions of default logic. In practical terms this means we can immediately use existing default logic theorem provers for an implementation. Also, we directly generate just those extensions containing the most preferred applied rules; in contrast, most previous approaches generate all extensions, then select the most preferred. In a major application of the approach, we show how semimonotonic default theories can be encoded so that reasoning can be carried out at the object level. With this, we can reason about default extensions from within the framework of a standard default logic. Hence one can encode notions such as skeptical and credulous conclusions, and can reason about such conclusions within a single extension
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 0824-7935
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Delgrande, James Patrick
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
A1  - Tompits, Hans
T1  - A framework for compiling preferences in logic programs
Y1  - 2003
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Delgrande, James Patrick
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
T1  - Reasoning credulously and skeptically within a single extension
Y1  - 2003
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Konczak, Kathrin
A1  - Linke, Thomas
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
T1  - Graphs and colorings for answer set programming : abridged report
Y1  - 2003
UR  - http://www.cs.uni-potsdam.de/wv/pdfformat/kolisch03a.pdf
SN  - 1613-0073
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Delgrande, James Patrick
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
T1  - On the relation between Reiterïs default logic and its (major) variants
Y1  - 2003
SN  - 3-540- 409494-5
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Besnard, Philippe
A1  - Mercer, Robert E.
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
T1  - Optimality theory throught default logic
Y1  - 2003
SN  - 3-540-20059-2
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Konczak, Kathrin
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
A1  - Linke, Thomas
T1  - Graphs and colorings for answer set programming with prefernces : preliminary report
Y1  - 2003
UR  - http://www.cs.uni-potsdam.de/wv/pdfformat/koschli03a.pdf
SN  - 1613-0073
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Delgrande, James Patrick
A1  - Gharib, Mona
A1  - Mercer, Robert E.
A1  - Risch, V.
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
T1  - Lukaszewicz-style answer set programming : a preliminary report
Y1  - 2003
UR  - http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Publications/CEUR-WS/Vol-78/
SN  - 1613-0073
ER  -