Reasoning agents in a dynamic world: The frame problem: Kenneth M. Ford and Patrick J. Hayes, eds., (JAI Press, Greenwich, CT, 1991); 290+xiv pages

摘要

This book, the first volume in a JAI Press series entitled Advances in Human and Machine Cognition, is a collection of fifteen papers edited by Kenneth M. Ford and Patrick J. Hayes. These papers were originally presented at The First International Workshop on Human & Machine Cognition, Pensacola, Florida, May 11–13, 1989. The workshop is a biannual affair which at each meeting addresses a core interdisciplinary topic in artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive science. The special topic for the conference, and book, is the frame problem. The papers in the book incorporate an interdisciplinary approach drawing from AI, cognitive science, psychology and philosophy. The book is quite formal and some chapters require a background in logic, computer science and AI principles—although a few will appeal to the general reader. There is a six-page introduction by the editors that provides a brief synopsis of the frame problem and related problems as well as a brief organization and summaries of the papers presented in the book.