Concurrent Events
Abstract
The event calculus allows several events to occur at the same time. In this case, we say that the event occurrences are concurrent or simultaneous. We first consider some concurrent event occurrences that we might want to prohibit and methods for prohibiting them. Then, we discuss concurrent event occurrences that have cumulative and canceling effects and how to handle them.
Keywords
Commonsense reasoning
Event calculus
Reasoning about action and change
Concurrent events
Cumulative effects
Canceling effects
8.1 Restricting concurrency
The commonsense world places certain restrictions on what events can occur simultaneously. This section presents two methods for representing these restrictions in the event ...
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