A Framework for Organization-Centered Doxastic Reasoning
Barbara Dunin‐Kȩplicz, Andrzej Szałas · Procedia Computer Science · 2020
Organizational structures control goal-directed activities of companies or groups in an efficient manner. These activities are typically described using rules, roles, and responsibilities. In this paper we focus on doxastic reasoning of groups and individuals in organizations situated in dynamic environments. We model organizational structures using partial orders what is general enough to serve our purposes. In particular, we show how belief bases associated with organizational units/entities are to be structured to reflect the induced hierarchies. The main logical tool ensuring efficiency is belief shadowing, a relatively recent approach to transient belief change. As the main contribution, we develop Drocs, a computationally friendly framework for organization-centered doxastic reasoning. An illustrative case study is also provided.