Predicate Logic
Predicate Logic
Predicate Logic
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Existential quantification<br />
∃ <br />
Someone at NUS is smart:<br />
∃x At(x,NUS) ∧ Smart(x )$<br />
∃x P is true in a model m iff P is true with x being some possible object<br />
in the model<br />
Roughly speaking, equivalent to the disjunction of instantiations of P<br />
At(KingJohn,NUS) ∧ Smart(KingJohn)<br />
∨ At(Richard,NUS) ∧ Smart(Richard)<br />
∨ At(NUS,NUS) ∧ Smart(NUS)<br />
∨ ...<br />
Artificial Intelligence: <strong>Predicate</strong> <strong>Logic</strong> Slide: 17