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From the reviews:
"This book presents the ‘fluent calculus’ as one possible approach to solve the frame problem in artificial intelligence. ... The book is very understandable and recommendable for anybody who wants to solve AI problems by means of predicate logics and logic programming. It shows that this approach is more and more applicable to the solution of real-world problems. It will be an excellent textbook for appropriate AI or robotics courses and very appropriate for graduate students." (Christian Posthoff, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1092 (18), 2006)
The book provides an in-depth and uniform treatment of a mathematical
model for reasoning robotic agents. The book also contains an introduction
to a programming method and system based on this model.
The mathematical model, known as the "Fluent Calculus,'' describes how
to use classical first-order logic to set up symbolic models of dynamic
worlds and to represent knowledge of actions and their effects. Robotic
agents use this knowledge and their reasoning facilities to make decisions
when following high-level, long-term strategies. The book covers
the issues of reasoning about sensor input, acting under incomplete
knowledge and uncertainty, planning, intelligent troubleshooting, and many
other topics.
The mathematical model is supplemented by a programming method which
allows readers to design their own reasoning robotic agents. The usage of
this method, called "FLUX,'' is illustrated by many example programs. The
book includes the details of an implementation of FLUX using the standard
programming language PROLOG, which allows readers to re-implement or
to modify and extend the generic system.
The design of autonomous agents, including robots, is one of the most
exciting and challenging goals of Artificial Intelligence. Reasoning robotic
agents constitute a link between knowledge representation and reasoning on
the one hand, and agent programming and robot control on the other. The
book provides a uniform mathematical model for the problem-driven,
top-down design of rational agents, which use reasoning for decision
making, planning, and troubleshooting. The implementation of the
mathematical model by a general PROLOG program allows readers to
practice the design of reasoning robotic agents. Since all implementation
details are given, the generic system can be easily modified and extended.
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