A commonsense language for reasoning about causation and rational action

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 73-130

  Ortiz Jr , Charles L ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Causation; Commonsense reasoning; Reasoning about action

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS;

COMMONSENSE LANGUAGE; COMMONSENSE REASONING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0033165330     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0004-3702(99)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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