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In this paper, we define a formal model of intentions that accounts for both static and dynamic aspects of intentions. By static aspects, we mean its relation with desires and beliefs and the properties that this relation has (namely, consistency and avoidance of side-effects). By dynamic aspects, we mean establishing criteria, other than those derived from commitment, to drop intentions (namely, based on the cause-effect relation between desires and intentions) and mechanisms that triggers the reasoning process without imposing a significant additional burden on the agent. Our approach is to define those conditions that make the agent start reasoning about intentions as constraints over its beliefs.
PhD student at the CPGCC/UFRGS, in Brazil. Currently at the CENTRIA/DI/UNL, in Portugal. Supported by CAPES/Brazil and project DIXIT/JNICT.
Researcher at the CENTRIA/DI/UNL, in Portugal. Supported by project DIXIT/JNICT.
Professor at the DI/FCUL/UL.
Professor at the CPGCC/UFRGS, in Brazil. Supported by CNPq/Brazil.
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da Costa Móra, M., Pereira Lopes, G., Coelho, H., Viccari, R.M. (1997). Modelling dynamic aspects of intentions. In: Coasta, E., Cardoso, A. (eds) Progress in Artificial Intelligence. EPIA 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1323. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0023921
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