Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
ILLC Publications, Dissertation (DS) Series

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Coding for publications: Series-Year-Number, with DS = Dissertation Series; MoL = Master of Logic Thesis; CL = Computational Linguistics (up to 1993); CT = Computation and Complexity Theory (up to 1998); LP = Logic, Philosophy and Linguistics (up to 1998); ML = Mathematical Logic and Foundations (up to 1998); PP = Prepublication Series (since 1999); X = Technical Notes;

DS-2010-03:
Cédric Dégremont The Temporal Mind. Observations on the logic of belief change in interactive systems. Not yet available for ordering.
1.Samenvatting, 2.Abstract.
DS-2010-02:
Jonathan Zvesper Playing with Information. Not yet available for ordering.
DS-2010-01:
Reut Tsarfaty Relational-Realizational Parsing. Not yet available for ordering.
DS-2009-13:
Stefan Bold Cardinals as Ultrapowers. A Canonical Measure Analysis under the Axiom of Determinacy.. Not available for ordering in Hard Copy.
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2009-12:
Joel Uckelman More Than the Sum of Its Parts: Compact Preference Representation Over Combinatorial Domains. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Full Text.
DS-2009-11:
Michael Franke Signal to Act: Game Theory in Pragmatics. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Abstract.
DS-2009-10:
Tikitu de Jager "Now that you mention it, I wonder...": Awareness, Attention, Assumption. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Abstract.
DS-2009-09:
Olivia Ladinig Temporal expectations and their violations. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Full Text.
DS-2009-08:
Tomohiro Hoshi Epistemic Dynamics and Protocol Information. Not available for ordering in Hard Copy.
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text.
DS-2009-07:
Kata Balogh Theme with Variations. A Context-based Analysis of Focus. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Full Text, 3.Abstract.
DS-2009-06:
Chantal Bax Subjectivity after Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein's embodied and embedded subject and the debate about the death of man.. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text (redacted version), 2.Abstract.
DS-2009-05:
Andreas Witzel Knowledge and Games: Theory and Implementation. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Abstract.
DS-2009-04:
Sara L. Uckelman Modalities in Medieval Logic. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract, 3.Samenvatting.
DS-2009-03:
Brian Thomas Semmes A Game for the Borel Functions. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text.
DS-2009-02:
Hartmut Fitz Neural Syntax. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Abstract.
DS-2009-01:
Jakub Szymanik Quantifiers in TIME and SPACE. Computational Complexity of Generalized Quantifiers in Natural Language. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2008-10:
Marian Counihan Looking for logic in all the wrong places: an investigation of language, literacy and logic in reasoning. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Full Text.
DS-2008-09:
Floris Roelofsen Anaphora Resolved. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Abstract.
DS-2008-08:
Fabrice Nauze Modality in Typological Perspective. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text, 3.Samenvatting.
DS-2008-07:
Steven de Rooij Minimum Description Length Model Selection: Problems and Extensions. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract, 3.Samenvatting.
DS-2008-06:
Falk Unger Noise in Quantum and Classical Computation and Non-locality. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Abstract, 3.Full Text.
DS-2008-05:
Erik Rietveld Unreflective Action: A Philosophical Contribution to Integrative Neuroscience. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Omslag, 2.Abstract.
DS-2008-04:
Patrick Girard Modal Logic for Belief and Preference Change. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2008-03:
Olivier Roy Thinking before Acting: Intentions, Logic, Rational Choice. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Full Text.
DS-2008-02:
Fenrong Liu Changing for the Better: Preference Dynamics and Agent Diversity. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Abstract.
DS-2008-01:
Stephanie Wehner Cryptography in a Quantum World. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2007-05:
Yoav Seginer Learning Syntactic Structure. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract, 3.Samenvatting.
DS-2007-04:
Katrin Schulz Minimal Models in Semantics and Pragmatics: Free Choice, Exhaustivity, and Conditionals. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Samenvatting (HTML), 2.Samenvatting (RTF), 3.Full Text, 4.Abstract (HTML), 5.Abstract (RTF).
DS-2007-03:
Darrin Hindsill It's a Process and an Event: Perspectives in Event Semantics. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Full Text.
DS-2007-02:
Neta Spiro What contributes to the perception of musical phrases in western classical music?. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Full Text, 3.Abstract, 4.Frontpage.
DS-2007-01:
Rudi Cilibrasi Statistical Inference Through Data Compression. Not available for ordering in Hard Copy.
1.Samenvatting, 2.Full Text, 3.Abstract.
DS-2006-08:
Darko Sarenac Products of Topological Modal Logics. Not available for ordering in Hard Copy.
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2006-07:
Marie Nilsenova Rises and Falls. Studies in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Intonation. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Abstract.
DS-2006-06:
Merlijn Sevenster Branches of imperfect information: logic, games, and computation. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Full Text.
DS-2006-05:
Aline Honingh The Origin and Well-Formedness of Tonal Pitch Structures. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text, 3.Samenvatting.
DS-2006-04:
Robert Špalek Quantum Algorithms, Lower Bounds, and Time-Space Tradeoffs. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Abstract.
DS-2006-03:
Clemens Kupke Finitary coalgebraic logics. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2006-02:
Nick Bezhanishvili Lattices of intermediate and cylindric modal logics. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text.
DS-2006-01:
Troy Lee Kolmogorov complexity and formula size lower bounds. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text, 3.Samenvatting.
DS-2005-05:
Sieuwert van Otterloo A Strategic Analysis of Multi-agent Protocols. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Abstract, 3.Full Text.
DS-2005-04:
Anna Pilatova A User's Guide to Proper names: Their Pragmatics and Semanics. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract (TXT), 3.Abstract (PDF).
DS-2005-03:
Rosja Mastop What can you do? Imperative mood in Semantic Theory. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2005-02:
Willem-Jan van Hoeve Operations Research Techniques in Constraint Programming. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text.
DS-2005-01:
Balder David ten Cate Model theory for extended modal languages. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2004-03:
Boudewijn de Bruin Explaining Games. On the Logic of Game Theoretic Explanations. Price: 11,50 euro
DS-2004-02:
Sebastian Brand Rule-based Constraint Propagation: Theory and Applications. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text (PDF), 2.Full Text (PS), 3.Abstract.
DS-2004-01:
Hein Philipp Röhrig Quantum Query Complexity and Distributed Computing. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2003-04:
Christof Monz From Document Retrieval to Question Answering. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Titlepage, 3.Full Text.
DS-2003-03:
Juan Heguiabehere Building Logic Toolboxes. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2003-02:
Elisabeth Catherine Brouwer Imagining Metaphors: Cognitive Representation in Interpretation and Understanding. Price: 11,50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2003-01:
Barteld Kooi Knowledge, chance, and change. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Stellingen (PS), 2.Stellingen (PDF), 3.Cover, 4.Full Text (PDF), 5.Full Text (PS), 6.Samenvatting.
DS-2002-06:
Ivar Vermeulen A Logical Approach to Competition in Industries. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text.
DS-2002-05:
Rosella Gennari Mapping Inferences: Constraint Propagation and Diamond Satisfaction. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text (PS), 3.Full Text (PDF).
DS-2002-04:
Willem Klaas van Dam On Quantum Computation Theory. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text.
DS-2002-03:
Yuri Engelhardt The Language of Graphics. Not available for ordering in Hard Copy.
1.Abstract, 2.Order.
DS-2002-02:
Marco Aiello Spatial Reasoning: Theory and Practice. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Full Text.
DS-2002-01:
Nikos Massios Decision-Theoretic Robotic Surveillance. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text.
DS-2001-10:
Marc Pauly Logic for Social Software. SOLD OUT
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text (PDF), 3.Full Text (PS).
DS-2001-09:
Gwen Kerdiles Saying It with Pictures: a Logical Landscape of Conceptual Graphs. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract (TXT), 2.Abstract (PDF), 3.Full Text.
DS-2001-08:
Allard Tamminga Belief Dynamics. (Epistemo)logical Investigations. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-2001-07:
Katsumi Sasaki Logics and Provability. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text (PDF), 2.Full Text (PS), 3.Samenvatting, 4.Abstract.
DS-2001-06:
Ronald de Wolf Quantum Computing and Communication Complexity. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Full Text (PS), 3.Full Text (PDF), 4.Abstract.
DS-2001-05:
Eva Hoogland Definability and Interpolation: Model-theoretic investigations. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text (PS), 2.Full Text (PDF), 3.Abstract.
DS-2001-04:
Rosalie Iemhoff Provability Logic and Admissible Rules. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text.
DS-2001-03:
Erik de Haas Logics For OO Information Systems: a Semantic Study of Object Orientation from a Categorial Substructural Perspective. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Full Text.
DS-2001-02:
Alexander van den Bosch Rationality in Discovery - a study of Logic, Cognition, Computation and Neuropharmacology. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text (PS), 3.Full Text (PDF), 4.Pdf-note.
DS-2001-01:
Maria Aloni Quantification under Conceptual Covers. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text (PDF), 2.Full Text (PS), 3.Abstract.
DS-2000-07:
Egbert L.J. Fortuin Polysemy or monosemy: Interpretation of the imperative and the dative-infinitive construction in Russian. Price: 16.50 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Full Text, 3.Abstract.
DS-2000-06:
Hans van Ditmarsch Knowledge Games. SOLD OUT
1.Full Text (PS), 2.Full Text (PDF), 3.Samenvatting, 4.Abstract.
DS-2000-05:
Carlos Areces Logic Engineering. The Case of Description and Hybrid Logics. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text.
DS-2000-04:
Paul van Ulsen E.W. Beth als logicus. SOLD OUT
1.Full Text (PDF), 2.Full Text (PS), 3.Abstract.
DS-2000-03:
Marco Vervoort Games, Walks and Grammars: Problems I've Worked On. Price: 14.00 euro
1.Errata, 2.Full Text (PDF), 3.Full Text (PS), 4.Abstract.
DS-2000-02:
Jaap Kamps A Logical Approach to Computational Theory Building (with applications to sociology). Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text (PDF), 2.Full Text (PS), 3.Abstract.
DS-2000-01:
Renata Wassermann Resource Bounded Belief Revision. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text (PS), 2.Full Text (PDF), 3.Abstract, 4.Samenvatting.
DS-1999-04:
Barbara Terhal Quantum Algorithms and Quantum Entanglement. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Full Text.
DS-1999-03:
Jaap Maat Philosophical Languages in the Seventeenth Century: Dalgarno, Wilkins, Leibniz. SOLD OUT
1.Abstract.
DS-1999-02:
Khalil Sima'an Learning efficient disambiguation. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text (PS), 2.Full Text (PDF), 3.Samenvatting, 4.Abstract.
DS-1999-01:
Jelle Gerbrandy Bisimulations on Planet Kripke. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text (PS), 3.Full Text (PDF), 4.Samenvatting.
DS-1998-05:
Mehdi Dastani Languages of Perception. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract, 3.Samenvatting.
DS-1998-04:
Giovanna d'Agostino Modal Logic and Non-Well-Founded Set Theory: Translation, Bisimulation, Interpolation. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Full Text.
DS-1998-03:
Peter Grunwald The Minimum Description Length Principle and Reasoning under Uncertainty. SOLD OUT
1.Full Text, 2.Shortabstract, 3.Samenvatting, 4.Abstract, 5.Longabstract.
DS-1998-02:
Sjoerd D. Zwart Approach to the Truth: Verisimilitude and Truthlikeness. Price: 11.50 euro
DS-1998-01:
Sebastiaan A. Terwijn Computability and Measure. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1997-06:
Leonie Bosveld - de Smet On Mass and Plural Quantification. The Case of French `des'/`du'-NP's. Price: 11.50 euro
DS-1997-05:
Harry Stein The Fiber and the Fabric: An Inquiry into Wittgenstein's Views on Rule-Following and Linguistic Normativity. SOLD OUT
DS-1997-04:
Atocha Aliseda-LLera Seeking Explanations: Abduction in Logic, Philosophy of Science and Artificial Intelligence. SOLD OUT
1.Full Text, 2.Abstract.
DS-1997-03:
Arthur Nieuwendijk On Logic. Inquiries into the Justification of Deduction. SOLD OUT
1.Samenvatting, 2.Full Text.
DS-1997-02:
Natasa Rakic Common Sense Time and Special Relativity. SOLD OUT
DS-1997-01:
Ronald Cramer Modular Design of Secure yet Practical Cryptographic Protocols. Price: 11.50 euro
DS-1996-04:
Jeroen Bruggeman Formalizing Organizational Ecology. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract.
DS-1996-03:
Martin H. van den Berg Some Aspects of the Internal Structure of Discourse: the Dynamics of Nominal Anaphora. SOLD OUT
DS-1996-02:
Angelo Montanari Metric and Layered Temporal Logic for Time Granularity. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Full Text, 3.Samenvatting.
DS-1996-01:
Lex Hendriks Computations in Propositional Logic. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1995-20:
Natasha Alechina Modal Quantifiers. Price: 9,00 euro
DS-1995-19:
Erik Aarts Investigations in Logic, Language and Computation. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Full Text (PDF), 2.Full Text (PS), 3.Abstract, 4.Prologue, 5.Samenvatting.
DS-1995-18:
Willem Groeneveld Logical Investigations into Dynamic Semantics. Price: 9,00 euro
DS-1995-17:
Michiel Leezenberg Contexts of Metaphor. SOLD OUT
DS-1995-16:
Sophie Fischer The Solution Sets of Local Search Problems. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Table-of-contents.
DS-1995-15:
Marten Trautwein Computational Pitfalls in Tractable Grammatical Formalisms. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Full Text.
DS-1995-14:
Rens Bod Enriching Linguistics with Statistics: Performance Models of Natural Language. SOLD OUT
1.Full Text (PS), 2.Full Text (PDF), 3.Samenvatting.
DS-1995-13:
Marianne Kalsbeek Meta-Logics for Logic Programming. Price: 9,00 euro
DS-1995-12:
Szabolcs Mikulás Taming Logics. SOLD OUT
1.Abstract.
DS-1995-11:
W.P.M. Meyer Viol Instantial Logic. An Investigation into Reasoning with Instances. SOLD OUT
DS-1995-10:
Giovanna Cepparello Studies in Dynamic Logic. SOLD OUT
DS-1995-09:
G.J. Veltink Tools for PSF. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Samenvatting.
DS-1995-08:
Natasha Kurtonina Frames and Labels. A Modal Analysis of Categorial Inference. SOLD OUT
DS-1995-07:
Sandro Etalle Transformation and Analysis of (Constraint) Logic Programs. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Full Text, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1995-06:
Jos van Wamel Verification Techniques for Elementary Data Types and Retransmission Protocols. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract.
DS-1995-05:
Frank Tip Generation of Program Analysis Tools. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract.
DS-1995-04:
Dejuan Wang Study on the Formal Semantics of Pictures. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting, 3.Full Text.
DS-1995-03:
Maarten Marx Algebraic Relativization and Arrow Logic. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract.
DS-1995-02:
Andreja Prijatelj Investigating Bounded Contraction. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract.
DS-1995-01:
Jacob Brunekreef On Modular Algebraic Protocol Specification. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract.
DS-1994-10:
Zhisheng Huang Logics for Agents with Bounded Rationality. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract.
DS-1994-09:
Wan Fokkink Clocks, Trees and Stars in Process Theory. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract.
DS-1994-08:
Makoto Kanazawa Learnable Classes of Categorial Grammars. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract.
DS-1994-07:
V. Yu. Shavrukov Adventures in Diagonalizable Algebras. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Abstract.
DS-1994-06:
Domenico Zambella Chapters on Bounded Arithmetic \& on Provability Logic. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1994-05:
Arie van Deursen Executable Language Definitions, Case Studies and Origin Tracking Techniques. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Samenvatting.
DS-1994-04:
Jan Jaspars Calculi for Constructive Communication, a Study of the Dynamics of Partial States. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract.
DS-1994-03:
Nicoline Johanna Drost Process Theory and Equation Solving. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1994-02:
Jan Willem Cornelis Koorn Generating Uniform User-Interfaces for Interactive Programming Environments. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1994-01:
Harold Schellinx The Noble Art of Linear Decorating. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1993-06:
John Tromp Aspects of Algorithms and Complexity. SOLD OUT
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1993-05:
Herman Hendriks Studied Flexibility. Price: 11.50 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1993-04:
Maarten de Rijke Extending Modal Logic. SOLD OUT
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1993-03:
Rineke Verbrugge Efficient Metamathematics. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting.
DS-1993-02:
Harry Buhrman Resource Bounded Reductions. Price: 9,00 euro
1.Samenvatting, 2.Abstract.
DS-1993-01:
Paul Dekker Transsentential Meditations; Ups and downs in dynamic semantics. SOLD OUT
1.Abstract, 2.Samenvatting.