corresponds to knowledge that is "distributed" among the members of the group, while common knowledge corresponds to a fact being "publicly known". The relationship between common knowledge and a variety of desirable actions in a distributed system is illustrated. Furthermore, it is shown

not adequately deal with agents having only partial knowledge of the way in which to perform an action. This paper provides a revised and expanded version of SharedPlans that addresses these shortcomings. It also reformulates Pollack’s ( 1990) definition of individual plans to handle cases in which a single

-fulfilling prophecies are discussed, as is whether social behavior is necessarily mediated by conscious choice processes. For many years, social psychologists have studied the effects of priming on the individual's subsequent impressions of others. Priming refers to the incidental activation of knowledge

. We formulate a model for reasoning about actions, knowledge and control in the presence of incomplete information and sensing operations. In the model, actions can be non-deterministic, sensors can report the value of either symbols, terms or formulas, and knowledge is constructively defined

by it changes. For example, most database updates are of this variety, e.g. "increase Joe's salary by 5%". Another example is the incorporation into the knowledge base of changes caused in the world by the actions of a robot (Ginsberg and Smith 1987, Winslett 1988, Winslett 1990) . We show

. We formulate a model for reasoning about actions, knowledge and control in the presence of incomplete information and sensing operations. In the model, actions can be non-deterministic, sensors can report the value of either symbols, terms or formulas, and knowledge is constructively defined

extend the usual notion of action in this framework to include options|closed-loop policies for taking action over a period of time. Examples of options include picking up an object, going to lunch, and traveling to a distant city, as well as primitive actions such as muscle twitches and joint knowledge

This paper presents a definition and framework for a novel type of adaptive data network: the cognitive network. In a cognitive network, the collection of elements that make up the network observes network conditions and then, using prior knowledge gained from previous interactions

ABSTRACT The knowledge of the in-situ stress field in rock masses is in general of crucial importance in various areas of geo-engineering, such as mining or civil underground excavations, hydrocarbon extraction, CO2 storage, hydraulic fracture operations, etc. In the context of the Finite Element

. In the second part we extend this analysis to transactions and trades. Risky Choice Risky choices, such as whether or not to take an umbrella and whether or not to go to war, are made without advance knowledge of their consequences. Because the consequences of such actions depend on uncertain events