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AI
2000
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Stochastic dynamic programming with factored representations
Markov decisionprocesses(MDPs) haveproven to be popular models for decision-theoretic planning, but standard dynamic programming algorithms for solving MDPs rely on explicit, stat...
Craig Boutilier, Richard Dearden, Moisés Go...
AI
2000
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Belief functions and default reasoning
We present a new approach to dealing with default information based on the theory of belief functions. Our semantic structures, inspired by Adams' -semantics, are epsilon-beli...
Salem Benferhat, Alessandro Saffiotti, Philippe Sm...
AI
2000
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Using temporal logics to express search control knowledge for planning
Over the years increasingly sophisticated planning algorithms have been developed. These have made for more efficient planners, but unfortunately these planners still suffer from ...
Fahiem Bacchus, Froduald Kabanza
AI
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Learning Pseudo-independent Models: Analytical and Experimental Results
Yang Xiang, Xiaohua Hu, Nick Cercone, Howard J. Ha...
AI
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
On the Integration of Recursive ALN-Theories
Abstract. In this paper we focus on the problem of integrating knowledge bases expressed in a description logic. To this end, we propose three basic operations: union, intersection...
Aida Vitória, Margarida Mamede
AI
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Learning Rewrite Rules versus Search Control Rules to Improve Plan Quality
Domain independent planners can produce better-quality plans through the use of domain-speci c knowledge, typically encoded as search control rules. The planning-by-rewriting appro...
Muhammad Afzal Upal, Renee Elio
AI
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Keep It Simple: A Case-Base Maintenance Policy Based on Clustering and Information Theory
Abstract. Today’s case based reasoning applications face several challenges. In a typical application, the case bases grow at a very fast rate and their contents become increasin...
Qiang Yang, Jing Wu
AI
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Using Object Influence Areas to Quantitatively Deal with Neighborhood and Perception in Route Descriptions
Abstract. In the GRAAD project we are developing a knowledgebased system able of determine routes in a simulated urban environment and to generate natural language descriptions whi...
Bernard Moulin, Driss Kettani, Benjamin Gauthier, ...