| 1986 | A decidable query answering algorithm for circumscriptive theories. Teodor C. Przymusinski |
| 1986 | A framework for knowledge representation and use in pattern analysis. Francesco Bergadano, Attilio Giordana |
| 1986 | A knowledge-based approach to online document retrieval system design. Gautam Biswas, James C. Bezdek, Robert L. Oakman |
| 1986 | A model for self-adaptation in a robot colony. T. V. D. Kumar, N. Parameswaran |
| 1986 | A preliminary excursion into step-logics. Jennifer J. Elgot-Drapkin, Donald Perlis |
| 1986 | A semantic and logical front-end to a database system. M. Rajinikanth, Prasanta K. Bose |
| 1986 | Acquisition of knowledge from data. Gio Wiederhold, Michael G. Walker, Robert L. Blum, S. Downs |
| 1986 | Aggregating criteria with quantifiers. Ronald R. Yager |
| 1986 | Algebraic properties of knowledge representation systems. Jerzy W. Grzymala-Busse |
| 1986 | Algebraic versus probabilistic independence in decision theory. S. K. Michael Wong, Wojciech Ziarko |
| 1986 | An expert system for dynamic scheduling. Donnie R. Ford, S. Floyd |
| 1986 | An inference model for inheritance hierarchies with exceptions. K. Whitebread |
| 1986 | Analogical reasoning in planning and decision making. Jaime G. Carbonell |
| 1986 | Approximating sets with equivalence relations. V. Wiktor Marek, Helena Rasiowa |
| 1986 | Automated theorem proving: mapping logic into AI. Donald W. Loveland |
| 1986 | Beginners' strategies in example based expert systems. Thomas Whalen, Brian Schott |
| 1986 | Challenges in applying artificial intelligence methodologies to military operations. Lloyd F. Arrowood, Mike R. Hilliard, Ho-Ling Hwang, M. L. Emrich |
| 1986 | Design of an expert system for utilization research. Arie Zvieli, S. Kim MacGregor, J. Z. Shapiro |
| 1986 | Emerging principles in machine learning. Ryszard S. Michalski |
| 1986 | Estimation of minimax values. Chun-Hung Tzeng, Paul Walton Purdom Jr. |
| 1986 | Evidential logic and Dempster-Shafer theory. Su-shing Chen |
| 1986 | Experimenting and theorizing in theory formation. B. W. Koehn, Jan M. Zytkow |
| 1986 | Expert system on a chip: an engine for real-time approximate reasoning. Masaki Togai, Hiroyuki Watanabe |
| 1986 | Extensions to functional programming in Scheme. David A. Plaisted, J. W. Curry |
| 1986 | Fuzzy knowledge engineering techniques in scientific document classification. Ramón López de Mántaras, Jaume Agustí-Cullell, Ulises Cortés, Enric Plaza |
| 1986 | Generic tasks in knowledge-based reasoning: a level of abstraction that supports knowledge acquisition, system design and explanation. B. Chandrasekaran |
| 1986 | Induction of models under uncertainty. Peter C. Cheeseman |
| 1986 | Inference propagation in emitter, system hierarchies. Thomas A. Sudkamp |
| 1986 | Knowledge base organization in expert systems. Simonetta Frediani, Lorenza Saitta |
| 1986 | Knowledge-based processing/interpretation of oceanographic satellite data. Michael G. Thomason, Richard E. Blake, Matthew Lybanon |
| 1986 | Logic programming semantics using a compact data structure. Melvin Fitting |
| 1986 | Logical foundations for knowledge representation in intelligent systems. Brian R. Gaines |
| 1986 | Memory length as a feedback parameter in learning systems. George Epstein |
| 1986 | NESS: A coupled simulation expert system. Kazuhiko Kawamura, Guy O. Beale, J. Rodriquez-Moscoso, B. J. Hsieh, Samir Padalkar |
| 1986 | Notes on conceptual representations. Elöd Knuth, László Hannák, Ágnes Hernádi |
| 1986 | On learning and evaluation of decision rules in the context of rough sets. S. K. Michael Wong, Wojciech Ziarko |
| 1986 | On the relationship between autoepistemic logic and parallel circumscription. Michael Gelfond, Halina Przymusinska |
| 1986 | Prime rule-based methodologies give inadequate control. J. Robin B. Cockett, J. Herrera |
| 1986 | Proceedings of the ACM SIGART International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, ISMIS 1986, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, October 22-24, 1986 Zbigniew W. Ras, Maria Zemankova |
| 1986 | Recent developments in expert systems. Bruce G. Buchanan |
| 1986 | Selecting expert system frameworks within the Bayesian theory. Steven W. Norton |
| 1986 | Self-improvement in problem-solving. Ranan B. Banerji |
| 1986 | Simulations and symbolic explanations. David H. Helman, Jeffrey L. Bennett, A. W. Foster |
| 1986 | Spaceprobe: A system for representing complex knowledge. John Dinsmore |
| 1986 | Taxonomic ambiguities in category variations needed to support machine conceptualization. Lawrence J. Mazlack |
| 1986 | The concept of a generalized assignment statement and its application to commonsense reasoning. Lotfi A. Zadeh |
| 1986 | The frame-definition language for customizing the Raffaello structure-editor in host expert systems. Ephraim Nissan |
| 1986 | Towards an intelligent and personalized retrieval system. Sung-Hyon Myaeng, Robert R. Korfhage |
| 1986 | Tree resolution and generalized semantic tree. Sukhamay Kundu |
| 1986 | Viable inference systems. Joseph Deken |