Knowledge level modeling
Knowledge level modeling is the process of theorizing over observations about a world and, to some extent, explaining the behavior of an agent as it interacts with its environment.
Crucial to the understanding of knowledge level modeling are Newell's notions of the knowledge level, abduction, assumptions, operators, and an agent's goal state.
- The knowledge level refers to the knowledge an agent has about its world.
- Abduction is the logical method for infering premisses based on conclusions.
- Assumptions are what the agent infers about its environment based on rules (these assumptions generate worlds).
- Operators are what can be applied to an agent to affect its state.
- An agent's goal state is the status reached after the appropriate operators have been applied to transition from a previous, non-goal state.