On the semantics of conditional commitment

Shakil M. Khan, Yves Lespérance · 2006

Abstract. In this paper, we identify some problems with current formalizations of conditional commitments, i.e. commitments to achieve a goal if some condition becomes true. We present a solution to these problems. We also formalize two types of communicative actions that can be used by an agent to request another agent to achieve a goal or perform an action provided that some condition becomes true. Our account is set within ECASL [7], a framework for modeling communicating agents based on the situation calculus. 1

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