A Model of Explicit Context Representation and Use for Intelligent Agents

Explicit representation of context and contextual knowledge is critical to intelligent agents. In this paper, we discuss our view of context and context-sensitive reasoning, based on several years of work on representing and using contextual knowledge. We describe our approach to context-sensitive reasoning, called context-mediated behavior (CMB), and discuss our experience related to reasoning in context in AI programs and our ongoing and future work in the area.

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