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A Model of Intention with (Un)Conditional Commitments

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PRICAI 2012: Trends in Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI 2012)

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This paper proposes a model of intention with conditional/ unconditional commitments based on Cohen and Levesque’s (C&L’s for short) framework of intention. We first examine C&L’s framework with a well-known philosophical puzzle, the Toxin Puzzle, and point out its insufficiency in modelling conditional and unconditional commitments. We then propose a model theory of a specific modal logic with modalities representing the typical mental attributes as well as action feasibility and realisibility. Instead of defining intention as a persistent goal, we define an intention as a conditional/unconditional commitment made for achieving a goal that is believed to be achievable. Finally we check our framework with the Toxin Puzzle and show our solution to the puzzle.

This research was partially supported by the Australian Research Council through Discovery Project DP0988750.

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  1. Intelligent Systems Laboratory, University of Western Sydney, Australia

    Dongmo Zhang

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  1. Faculty of Environment, Society and Design, Department of Applied Computing, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Patricia Anthony

  2. School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, 113-8656, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Mitsuru Ishizuka

  3. MIMOS Berhad, Knowledge Technology, Technology Park Malaysia,, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Dickson Lukose

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Zhang, D. (2012). A Model of Intention with (Un)Conditional Commitments. In: Anthony, P., Ishizuka, M., Lukose, D. (eds) PRICAI 2012: Trends in Artificial Intelligence. PRICAI 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7458. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32695-0_61

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