Real World Reasoning: Toward Scalable, Uncertain Spatiotemporal, Contextual and Causal Inference

Authors: Ben Goertzel, Matthew Iklé, Izabela Freire Goertzel, Ari Heljakka
Publisher: Atlantis Press
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Summary

Extends PLN into practical real-world reasoning scenarios involving spatial, temporal, contextual, and causal inference. Addresses the challenge of scaling uncertain reasoning to handle the complexity and messiness of real-world knowledge.

Relevance to Hyperon

Directly informs the spatiotemporal and causal reasoning capabilities being developed for Hyperon's PLN implementation. The uncertain interval algebra and contextual reasoning frameworks described here are relevant to MeTTa-based reasoning agents.