Agent Programming with Declarative Goals

dc.creatorde Boer, F. S.
dc.creatorHindriks, K. V.
dc.creatorvan der Hoek, W.
dc.creatorMeyer, J. -J. Ch.
dc.date2002-07-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:18:35Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:18:35Z
dc.descriptionA long and lasting problem in agent research has been to close the gap between agent logics and agent programming frameworks. The main reason for this problem of establishing a link between agent logics and agent programming frameworks is identified and explained by the fact that agent programming frameworks have not incorporated the concept of a `declarative goal'. Instead, such frameworks have focused mainly on plans or `goals-to-do' instead of the end goals to be realised which are also called `goals-to-be'. In this paper, a new programming language called GOAL is introduced which incorporates such declarative goals. The notion of a `commitment strategy' - one of the main theoretical insights due to agent logics, which explains the relation between beliefs and goals - is used to construct a computational semantics for GOAL. Finally, a proof theory for proving properties of GOAL agents is introduced. Thus, we offer a complete theory of agent programming in the sense that our theory provides both for a programming framework and a programming logic for such agents. An example program is proven correct by using this programming logic.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0207008
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0207008
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/31168
dc.subjectArtificial Intelligence
dc.subjectProgramming Languages
dc.subjectF.3.1;F.3.2;I.2.5;I.2.4
dc.titleAgent Programming with Declarative Goals
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