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A Modelling Environment for Mind and Matter Aspects of Intentional Behaviour

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From Theory to Practice in Multi-Agent Systems (CEEMAS 2001)

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In this paper the internal dynamics of mental states, in particular states based on beliefs, desires and intentions, is formalised using a temporal language. A software environment is presented that can be used to specify, simulate and analyse temporal dependencies between mental states in relation to traces of them. If also relevant data on internal physical states over time are available, these can be analysed with respect to their relation to mental states.

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  1. Department of Artificial Intelligence, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081, Amsterdam, HV, The Netherlands

    Catholijn M. Jonker, Jan Treur & Wouter C. A. Wijngaards

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  1. Institute of Informatics, Warsaw University, ul. Banacha 2, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland

    Barbara Dunin-Keplicz

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Mining and Metallurgy, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Krakow, Poland

    Edward Nawarecki

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Jonker, C.M., Treur, J., Wijngaards, W.C.A. (2002). A Modelling Environment for Mind and Matter Aspects of Intentional Behaviour. In: Dunin-Keplicz, B., Nawarecki, E. (eds) From Theory to Practice in Multi-Agent Systems. CEEMAS 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2296. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45941-3_15

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