Branching Continuous Time and the Semantics of Continuous Action

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  • Ernest Davis
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It is often useful to model the behavior of an autonomous intelligent creature in terms of continuous control and choice. For example, a robot who moves through space can be idealized as able to execute any continuous motion, subject to constraints on velocity and accelleration; in such a model, the robot can %hoose = at any instant to change his accelleration. We show how such models can be described using a continuous branching time structure. We discuss mathematical foundations of continuous branching structures, theories of continuous action in physical worlds, embedding of discrete theories of action in a continuous structure, and physical and epistemic feasibility of plans with continuous ac!ion.

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تاریخ انتشار 1994