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RATIONALITY AND ITS ROLES IN REASONING |
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| Authors: | Jon Doyle |
| Affiliation: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Computer Science 545 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A. |
| Abstract: | The economic theory of rationality promises to equal mathematical logic in its importance for the mechanization of reasoning. We survey the growing literature on how the basic notions of probability, utility, and rational choice, coupled with practical limitations on information and resources, influence the design and analysis of reasoning and representation systems. |
| Keywords: | artificial intelligence rationality logic economics decision theory heuristics preference resource limitations reasoning knowledge represent |