The unexpected aspects of surprise
Some symbolic AI models, for example, BDI (belief, desire, intention) models are conceived as explicit and operational models of the intentional pursuit and belief dynamics. The main concern of these models is to provide a clear understanding of the functional roles of different kinds of epistemic and motivational states (beliefs, acceptances, expectations, intentions, goals, desires, etc....), of the relational properties among them. Mental configurations of appraisal (involving different kinds of motivational and epistemic states) which correspond to particular cognitive emotions such as disappointment, fear, relief, shame, etc.... have been analyzed by several authors close to the BDI theoretical tradition. The main objective of this work is a formal analysis of Surprise in a BDI-like cognitive architecture. A clarification of the functional role of Surprise in a BDI-like cognitive architecture with respect to resource bounded belief revision is given.
cognitive architectures belief systems expectation and surprise