Reference features as guides to reasoning about opportunities
Louise Pryor, Gregg C. Collins · 1992
An intelligent agent acting in a complexand# unpredictable world must be able to both plan ahead and react quickly to changes in its surroundings.In# particular, such an agent must be able to react quickly when faced with unexpected opportunities to fulfill its goals. We consider the issue of how an agentshould# respond to perceived opportunities, and we describe a method for determining quickly whether it is rational to seize an opportunity or whether a more detailed analysis is required. Our system uses a set of heuristics based on reference features to identify situations and objects that characteristically involve problematic patterns of interaction. We discuss the recognitionof# reference features, and their use in focusing the system's reasoning onto potentially adverse interactions between its ongoing plans and the current opportunity. 1. Introduction An intelligent agent acting in a complexand# unpredictable world must be able to both plan ahead and react quickly to changes in ...