English

Strategically knowing how

Artificial Intelligence 2017-05-16 v1 Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a single-agent logic of goal-directed knowing how extending the standard epistemic logic of knowing that with a new knowing how operator. The semantics of the new operator is based on the idea that knowing how to achieve ϕ\phi means that there exists a (uniform) strategy such that the agent knows that it can make sure ϕ\phi. We give an intuitive axiomatization of our logic and prove the soundness, completeness, and decidability of the logic. The crucial axioms relating knowing that and knowing how illustrate our understanding of knowing how in this setting. This logic can be used in representing both knowledge-that and knowledge-how.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1705.05254,
  title  = {Strategically knowing how},
  author = {Raul Fervari and Andreas Herzig and Yanjun Li and Yanjing Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.05254},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

an earlier version of the paper to appear in IJCAI 2017

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