Time-Dependent Utility and Action Under Uncertainty

Abstract

We discuss representing and reasoning with knowledge about the time-dependent utility of an agent's actions. Time-dependent utility plays a crucial role in the interaction between computation and action under bounded resources. We present a semantics for time-dependent utility and describe the use of time-dependent information in decision contexts. We illustrate our discussion with examples of time-pressured reasoning in Protos, a system constructed to explore the ideal control of inference by reasoners with limit abilities.

Cite

Text

Horvitz and Rutledge. "Time-Dependent Utility and Action Under Uncertainty." Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, 1991.

Markdown

[Horvitz and Rutledge. "Time-Dependent Utility and Action Under Uncertainty." Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, 1991.](https://mlanthology.org/uai/1991/horvitz1991uai-timedependent/)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{horvitz1991uai-timedependent,
  title     = {{Time-Dependent Utility and Action Under Uncertainty}},
  author    = {Horvitz, Eric J. and Rutledge, Geoffrey},
  booktitle = {Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence},
  year      = {1991},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/uai/1991/horvitz1991uai-timedependent/}
}