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Solving the Frame Problem: A Mathematical Investigation of the Common Sense Law of Inertia (Artificial Intelligence)

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I was a student of Murray when I was doing my master's in AI. He taught us a course titled 'Learning and Cognitive Robotics', which covered a classical 'logic-based' approach to robotics, starting from the 'Shakey' days to Event Calculus.

Much of the lecture notes from the said course went into the book, which to my mind provides a comprehensive coverage to logic-based AI, its challenges and possible directions.

In classical AI, we assume that 'correct reasoning on correct representation' preceedes intelligence. The book starts from this 'first principle' and takes one through a wonderful journey, leading to an almost total solution to the Frame Problem, one of the biggest stumbling blocks for logic-based AI.

In my mind, the book is not for naive readers. One has to have a fairly good understanding of relevant Computer Science/AI concepts to comprehend the material.

For serious readers of AI, I would like to recommend another fantastic piece of work: Agent_Oriented Programming: From Prolog to Guarded Definite Clauses by Ringwood and Huntbach.

Enjoy!

I was a student of Murray when I was doing my master's in AI. He taught us a course titled 'Learning and Cognitive Robotics', which covered a classical 'logic-based' approach to robotics, starting from the 'Shakey' days to Event Calculus.

Much of the lecture notes we covered in the said course went into the book, which to my mind provides a comprehensive coverage to logic-based AI, its challenges and possible directions.

In classical AI, we assume that 'correct reasoning on correct representation' preceedes intelligence. The book starts from this 'first principle' and takes one through a wonderful journey, leading to an almost total solution to the Frame Problem.

In my mind, the book is not for naive readers. One has to have a fairy good understanding of relevant Computer Science/AI concepts to comprehend the material.