Patent ID: 6216098
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G06Q,G09B

Abstract:
A method of modeling behavior of a subject interacting with a world, the method comprising:storing, in memory, a model having model elements including:an agent modeling the subject and having one or more beliefs, a belief being a unit of information held and used internally by the agent;one or more facts modeling objective, observable aspects of the world;one or more frames for the agent to perform to model behavior of the subject, each frame being a workframe modeling time-consuming behavior by the subject or a thoughtframe modeling non-time-consuming reasoning by the subject, a workframe being considered active from the time the agent begins to the time the agent completes performing the workframe; anda detectable modeling acquisition of information and response to information by the subject, the detectable having an associated workframe and being operative during the whole or a specified portion of the time the detectable's associated workframe is active, the detectable having a fact template, where any facts matching the fact template are detected by the agent to form beliefs of the agent, whereby an agent obtains information while the associated workframe is active, and a detectable type defining the effect of an agent belief matching the detectable fact template during the time the detectable is operative and thereby satisfying the detectable.