Quantum Computing for Dealing with Inaccurate Knowledge Related to the Certainty Factors Model

Vicente Moret-Bonillo, Samuel Magaz-Romero and Eduardo Mosqueira-Rey
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Vicente Moret-Bonillo: Universidade da Coruña (CITIC), Campus de Elviña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
Samuel Magaz-Romero: Universidade da Coruña (CITIC), Campus de Elviña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
Eduardo Mosqueira-Rey: Universidade da Coruña (CITIC), Campus de Elviña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 2, 1-21

Abstract: In this paper, we illustrate that inaccurate knowledge can be efficiently implemented in a quantum environment. For this purpose, we analyse the correlation between certainty factors and quantum probability. We first explore the certainty factors approach for inexact reasoning from a classical point of view. Next, we introduce some basic aspects of quantum computing, and we pay special attention to quantum rule-based systems. In this context, a specific use case was built: an inferential network for testing the behaviour of the certainty factors approach in a quantum environment. After the design and execution of the experiments, the corresponding analysis of the obtained results was performed in three different scenarios: (1) inaccuracy in declarative knowledge, or imprecision, (2) inaccuracy in procedural knowledge, or uncertainty, and (3) inaccuracy in both declarative and procedural knowledge. This paper, as stated in the conclusions, is intended to pave the way for future quantum implementations of well-established methods for handling inaccurate knowledge.

Keywords: quantum computing; artificial intelligence; certainty factors; inaccurate reasoning; quantum rule-based systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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