Golog: A logic programming language for dynamic domains

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1997

Abstract

This paper proposes a new logic programming language called GOLOG whose interpreter automatically maintains an explicit representation of the dynamic world being modeled, on the basis of user supplied axioms about the preconditions and effects of actions and the initial state of the world. This allows programs to reason about the state of the world and consider the effects of various possible courses of action before committing to a particular behavior. The net effect is that programs may be written at a much higher level of abstraction than is usually possible. The language appears well suited for applications in high level control of robots and industrial processes, intelligent software agents, discrete event simulation, etc. It is based on a formal theory of action specified in an extended version of the situation calculus. A prototype implementation in Prolog has been developed. © Elsevier Science Inc., 1997.

Identifier

0031126053 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Logic Programming

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0743-1066(96)00121-5

ISSN

07431066

First Page

59

Last Page

83

Issue

1-3

Volume

31

Fund Ref

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Robotics and Intelligent Systems

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