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PREFACE
THE AIM
OF THE AIA 1993
In the modern
societies, the complexity of the systems under human management, the high
risk related to the results of human errors, and the high risk of the unexpected
consequences of planned actions require a support to human inferences and
decision making, i.e. require some autonomous intelligent tools.
AIA93 is considered to be an informal
forum of experienced researchers from different fields for the confrontation
of recent results, to exchange opinions and ideas regarding how to approach
formal integrated modelling of :
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domaìn independent intelligent
systems
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intelligent agents and
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intelligence in general.
In the ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; one
of the most important applications of an abstract intelligent agent is
the design of reasoning module for highly autonomous robots or modeling
of the intelligent supervisory systems for high risk piants. In the near
future, the idea of abstract agents should be considered as the basic conceptual
element of different knowledge-based software systems for, for ex.:
plant-operator support system, management decision-support, CIM/CASE conceptual
design support, tutoring systems, groupware/cooperation/ coordination software
tools, and other autonomous or support systems for the specification and
solving of complex, incomplete, and ill-defined problems referred to the
real-world. The models of AIA could also be a key theoretical base for
the elaboration of standards and norms for verification and validation
of AI technologies.
In the RESEARCHER AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE;
AIA can be considered an abstract model for the identification of the intelligent
behaviour of real-world systems, and it can provide the conceptual and
terminological "bridge" between natural (evolutional) and artificial (designed)
for their simulations, teaching, diagnosis, treatment or modifications.
These applications should be interesting for psycology, sociology, organization
research or economy.
There are many forums for the presentation of papers on Artificial
Intelligence but the intention of the organizers of this informal meeting
is to contribute to the establishing of a COMMON
POINT OF VIEW
on existing Al technologies and current results
of cognitive research.
THE DEBATES
The topics of the debates regarded the problems of integration of:
- different generic properties of AIA,
- paradigms, methodologies and methods of their conceptualizations
and analysis, and
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- terminology used.
It was emphasized that the human modelers are also a specific physical
realization of an AIA.
The conclusions
of the AIA93'sdiscussions will be summarized and published in the AIA'94
Proceedings. |