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Record Nr.

UNISA996465626003316

Autore

Thielscher Michael

Titolo

Challenges for Action Theories [[electronic resource] /] / by Michael Thielscher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2000

ISBN

3-540-45596-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2000.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 146 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; ; 1775

Disciplina

004.2/1

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Mathematical logic

Artificial Intelligence

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foundations of Action Theories -- The Ramification Problem -- The Qualification Problem -- Qualified Ramifications.

Sommario/riassunto

A logic-based approach to the design of computing systems would, undoubtedly, offer many advantages over the imperative paradigm most commonly applied so far for programming and hardware design and, consequently, logic, again and again, has been heralded as the basis for the next generation of computer systems. While logic and formal methods are indeed gaining ground in many areas of computer science and artificial intelligence the expected revolution has not yet happened. In this book the author offers a convincing solution to the ramification problem and qualification problem associated with the frame problem and thus contributes to a satisfactory solution of the core problem and related challenges. Thielscher bases his approach on the fluent calculus, a first-order Prolog-like formalism allowing for the description of actions and change.