Modeling rational agents within a BDI-architecture
Syntax (1991)
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Intentions, an integral part of the mental state of an agent, play an important role in determining the behavior of rational agents as they seek to attain their goals. In this paper, a formalization of intentions based on a branching-time possible-worlds model is presented. It is shown how the formalism realizes many of the important elements of Bratman's theory of intention. In particular, the notion of intention developed here has equal status with the notions of belief and desire, and cannot ...
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Modeling rational agents within a BDI-architecture
Modeling Rational Agents withina BDI-Architecture
February, 1991
Technical Note 14
By:
Anand S. RaoAustralian Arti cial Intelligence InstituteMichael P. George Australian Arti cial Intelligence Institute
This research was partly supported byaGeneric Industrial Research and DevelopmentGrant from the Department of Industry,Technology and Commerce, Australia.This paper is to appear in the proceedings of the Second International Conferenceon Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, KR91 edited by Allen, J.,Fikes, R., and Sandewall, E., published by Morgan Kaufmann, San Mateo, CA, 1991.
February, 1991
Technical Note 14
By:
Anand S. RaoAustralian Arti cial Intelligence InstituteMichael P. George Australian Arti cial Intelligence Institute
This research was partly supported byaGeneric Industrial Research and DevelopmentGrant from the Department of Industry,Technology and Commerce, Australia.This paper is to appear in the proceedings of the Second International Conferenceon Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, KR91 edited by Allen, J.,Fikes, R., and Sandewall, E., published by Morgan Kaufmann, San Mateo, CA, 1991.
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Abstract
Intentions, an integral part of the mental state of an agent, play an important rolein determining the behavior of rational agents as they seek to attain their goals. In thispaper, a formalization of intentions based on a branching-time possible-worlds modelis presented. It is shown how the formalism realizes many of the important elementsof Bratman's theory of intention. In particular, the notion of intention developed herehas equal status with the notions of belief and desire, and cannot be reduced to theseconcepts. This allows di erenttypes of rational agents to be modeled by imposingcertain conditions on the persistence of an agent's beliefs, goals, and intentions. Finally,the formalism is compared with Bratman's theory of intention and Cohen and Levesque'sformalizationofintentions.
Intentions, an integral part of the mental state of an agent, play an important rolein determining the behavior of rational agents as they seek to attain their goals. In thispaper, a formalization of intentions based on a branching-time possible-worlds modelis presented. It is shown how the formalism realizes many of the important elementsof Bratman's theory of intention. In particular, the notion of intention developed herehas equal status with the notions of belief and desire, and cannot be reduced to theseconcepts. This allows di erenttypes of rational agents to be modeled by imposingcertain conditions on the persistence of an agent's beliefs, goals, and intentions. Finally,the formalism is compared with Bratman's theory of intention and Cohen and Levesque'sformalizationofintentions.
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