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Logic-based reasoning about actions and plans in artificial intelligence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

Huaming Lee ,
James Tannock  and
Jon Sims Williams
Huaming Lee
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
James Tannock
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
Jon Sims Williams
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
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Abstract

Reasoning about actions and plans is a vital aspect of the rational behaviour of intelligent agents, and hence represents a major research domain in artificial intelligence. Much work has been undertaken to develop logic-based formalisms and problem solving procedures for plan representation and plan synthesis. This paper consists of a survey of various paradigms for reasoning about actions and plans in artificial intelligence. Attention is focused on the logic-based theoretical frameworks which have built a formal foundation for the domain-independent approaches to the general principles of reasoning about actions and plans.

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The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 91 - 120
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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