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A computational model of persistent beliefs

Conference ·
OSTI ID:430874
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  1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
The persistence of beliefs has been assumed in many research efforts, either explicitly or implicitly, but a computational model is hard to find. For instance, in his well-known AOP article, Shoham suggests a formal language for beliefs and states that beliefs persist by default. The author writes (Bel{sup 3}{sub A} Bel{sup 10}{sub B} Like(A, B){sup 7}) means that at time 3 agent A believes that at time 10 agent B will believe that at time 7 A liked B. Shoham, however, does not elaborate on how to formally interpret the persistence of beliefs. Moreover, in his implemented agent language, AGENT-0, both the temporal aspect of beliefs (e.g., At time t, I believe ...) and the nested beliefs (e.g., I believe you believe I believe ...) have been omitted.
OSTI ID:
430874
Report Number(s):
CONF-960876--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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