Implementing a normative theory of communication in a framework for default reasoning

This thesis presents a framework for inter-agent communication, represented and partially implemented with default reasoning. I focus on the limited goal of determining the meaning for a Hearer-agent of an utterance ω by a Speaker-agent, in terms of the beliefs of the interlocutors. This meaning i...

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Main Author: Csinger, Andrew
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28954