Agents, Actions and Goals in Dynamic Environments

Novák, Peter; Jamroga, Wojciech

doi:10.5591/978-1-57735-516-8/IJCAI11-062

Agents, Actions and Goals in Dynamic Environments

Peter Novák, Wojciech Jamroga

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Proceedings of the Twenty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Pages 313-317.

https://doi.org/10.5591/978-1-57735-516-8/IJCAI11-062

Abstract

In agent-oriented programming and planning, agents' actions are typically specified in terms of postconditions, and the model of execution assumes that the environment carries the actions out exactly as specified. That is, it is assumed that the state of the environment after an action has been executed will satisfy its postcondition. In reality, however, such environments are rare: the actual execution of an action may fail, and the envisaged outcome is not met. We provide a conceptual framework for reasoning about success and failure of agents' behaviours. In particular, we propose a measure that reflects how good an environment is with respect to agent's capabilities and a given goal it might pursue. We also discuss which types of goals are worth pursuing, depending on the type of environment the agent is acting in.

Peter Novák, and Wojciech Jamroga. 2011. Agents, Actions and Goals in Dynamic Environments. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI-11. IJCAI, 313–317. https://doi.org/10.5591/978-1-57735-516-8/IJCAI11-062

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