There is no statutory requirement that formal logic be adhered to during examination of patent claims. Examiners and patent practitioners are free to use a wide variety of discussion and argument ...

Computational logic and formal languages form a cornerstone of modern computer science and mathematics, providing the theoretical framework by which algorithms, automated reasoning systems and even ...

Logic studies how arguments work, and how ideas can fit together. Decision theory studies how decisions should be made, especially under uncertainty. Game theory considers how we reason strategically, ...

Like the chips in Xilinx Inc.'s Virtex 4 family, each Virtex 5 FPGA will include the logic fabric, blocks of dedicated RAM, dedicated but configurable blocks optimized for DSP algorithms, and lots of ...