Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems

This presentation introduces the theory leading to solution methods for differential algebraic equations (DAEs) under interval uncertainty in which the uncertainty is in the initial conditions of the differential equation and/or the entries of the coefficients of the differential equation and algebraic restrictions. While we restrict these uncertainties to be intervals, other types of uncertains like generalized uncertainties such as fuzzy intervals are done in a similar manner albeit leading to more complex analyses. Linear constant coefficient DAEs and then interval linear constant coefficient problems will illustrate both the theoretically challenges and solution approaches. The way the interval uncertainty is handled is novel and serves as a basis for more general uncertainty analysis.