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Time-Critical Reasoning: Representations and Application

Artificial Intelligence 2013-02-08 v1

Abstract

We review the problem of time-critical action and discuss a reformulation that shifts knowledge acquisition from the assessment of complex temporal probabilistic dependencies to the direct assessment of time-dependent utilities over key outcomes of interest. We dwell on a class of decision problems characterized by the centrality of diagnosing and reacting in a timely manner to pathological processes. We motivate key ideas in the context of trauma-care triage and transportation decisions.

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@article{arxiv.1302.1548,
  title  = {Time-Critical Reasoning: Representations and Application},
  author = {Eric J. Horvitz and Adam Seiver},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.1548},
  year   = {2013}
}

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Appears in Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI1997)

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