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Marek Sergot

Disciplines:
deontic logic
artificial intelligence
logic/logic programming

Summary

British computer scientist at Imperial College who has worked on the logical representation of normative systems, deontic logic, and their applications to AI and law.

Core Contribution

Contributed to the formalization of legal texts in logic programming (early work on representing the British Nationality Act in Prolog); deontic logic and normative reasoning in AI.

Notable Works & Achievements

The British Nationality Act as a Logic Program

Historical Influences

Robert Kowalski Georg Henrik von Wright

Intellectual Lineage

Artificial Intelligence Logic Programming

Contemporaries & Peers

Robert Kowalski Henry Prakken

Minds Influenced

Normative Multi-Agent Systems

Intellectual Posterity

AI and Law

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