Publications
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Rational Interaction As The Basis For Communication
This paper derives the basis of a theory of communication from a formal theory of rational interaction. The major result is a demonstration that illocutionary acts need neither be primitive,…
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On Cheeseman: A response to Peter Cheeseman’s `An Inquiry into Computer Understanding’
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Center, AIC
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The Persistence of Derived Information
In this paper, we illustrate how such inferences add a new dimension of complexity to reasoning about change and show that failure to allow for such inferences can result in…
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A Commentary on Bogdan’s `Information and Semantic Cognition’
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Center, AIC
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The Pony Express Network Mail Delivery System and the MM-32 Mail Manager
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Automated Argument Construction
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Center, AIC
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Explaining Evidential Analyses
One of the most highly touted virtues of knowledge-based expert systems is their ability to construct explanations for their lines of reasoning. However, there is a basic difficulty in generating…
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Localized Event-Based Reasoning For Multiagent Domains
This paper presents the GEM concurrency model and GEMPLAN, a multiagent planner based on this model. Unlike standard state-based AI representations, GEM is unique in its explicit emphasis on events…
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Local Pragmatics
The outline of a unified theory of local pragmatics phenomena is presented, including an approach to the problems of reference resolution, metonymy, and interpreting nominal compounds. The TACITUS computer system…
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Review of `Structured Meanings: The Semantics of Propositional Attitudes’
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Center, AIC
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Localizing Expression Of Ambiguity
In this paper we describe an implemented program for localizing the expression of many types of syntactic ambiguity, in the logical forms of sentences, in a manner convenient for subsequent…
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The Core Knowledge System
This document contains an in-depth description of the Core Knowledge System (CKS)–an integrative environment for the many functions that must be performed by sensor-based autonomous and semi-autonomous systems. The CKS…