Actions and events in interval temporal logic Export

@article{citeulike:3986385, abstract = {We present a representation of events and action based on interval temporal logic that is significantly more expressive and more natural than most previous AI approaches. The representation is motivated by work in natural language semantics and discourse, temporal logic, and AI planning and plan recognition. The formal basis of the representation is presented in detail, from the axiomatization of time periods to the relationship between actions and events and their effects. The power of the representation is illustrated by applying it to the axiomatization and solution of several standard problems from the AI literature on action and change. An approach to the frame problem based on explanation closure is shown to be both powerful and natural when combined with our representational framework. We also discuss features of the logic that are beyond the scope of many traditional representations, and describe our approach to difficult problems such as external events and simultaneous actions.}, author = {Allen, James F. and Ferguson, George}, citeulike-article-id = {3986385}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.30.1586}, journal = {Journal of Logic and Computation}, keywords = {action, ai, des, event, temporal, temporal-logic}, pages = {531--579}, posted-at = {2009-01-30 21:37:13}, priority = {2}, title = {Actions and events in interval temporal logic}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.30.1586}, volume = {4}, year = {1994} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3986385 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3986385 N2 - We present a representation of events and action based on interval temporal logic that is significantly more expressive and more natural than most previous AI approaches. The representation is motivated by work in natural language semantics and discourse, temporal logic, and AI planning and plan recognition. The formal basis of the representation is presented in detail, from the axiomatization of time periods to the relationship between actions and events and their effects. The power of the representation is illustrated by applying it to the axiomatization and solution of several standard problems from the AI literature on action and change. An approach to the frame problem based on explanation closure is shown to be both powerful and natural when combined with our representational framework. We also discuss features of the logic that are beyond the scope of many traditional representations, and describe our approach to difficult problems such as external events and simultaneous actions. JF - Journal of Logic and Computation EP - 579 TI - Actions and events in interval temporal logic VL - 4 SP - 531 KW - action KW - ai KW - des KW - event KW - temporal KW - temporal-logic AU - Allen, James AU - Ferguson, George PY - 1994/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.30.1586 ER -