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An Active-Logic Based Agent's Reasoning for Avoiding Futile Action Repetition

Authors:
Anthony Herron
Darsana Josyula

Keywords: active logic, action-selection axioms, agent reasoning.

Abstract:
An agent working on tasks with tight deadlines must be cognizant of the passage of time and perform effective actions that would let it complete its tasks on time. Avoiding actions that do not contribute towards task completion is desirable; executing actions whose post-conditions are already met might not help in completing the task at hand. Moreover, repeating an action after post-conditions become true can be a wasted effort that affects the ability of the agent to complete its tasks. In this paper, we explore several sets of axioms that can be used by a time-situated agent for avoiding repeated actions. We also examine how the agent's knowledge temporally evolves while using these axioms for a time-constrained task and illustrate how these axioms affect task performance on a target search task.

Pages: 27 to 33

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: March 13, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4065

ISBN: 978-1-68558-064-3

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 13, 2023 to March 17, 2023