Abduction and Induction from a Non-Monotonic Reasoning Perspective

. In this chapter, induction and abduction are investigated in a nonmonotonicreasoning framework. We recall that several meanings can be given tologic-based abduction and induction. In particular, we distinguish explanatory anddescriptive induction. Explanatory induction is closely related to abduction. Descriptiveinduction is related to abduction in a less straightforward way. While both canbe modelled as deduction from a completed theory, different completion policies mustbe considered. ...