Nondeterministic Action and Dominance: Foundations for Planning and Qualitative Decision

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  • Richmond H. Thomason
  • John F. Horty
چکیده

A common sense dominance argument (1) divides possible outcomes into two or more exhaustive, exclusive cases, (2) points out that in each of these alternatives it is bet ter to perform some action than not to perform it, and (3) concludes that this action is best unconditionally. Al though such arguments are often used, and are convincing when they are used, they are invalid. A classic i l lustration of the invalidity is the argument for cold-war d isarmament . 1

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تاریخ انتشار 1996