Reasoning beyond its domain: qualitative simulation of mechanisms

摘要

In the fields of robotics and mechanisms, intelligent knowledge based systems have yet to benefit from qualitative reasoning (QR) and model-based reasoning (MBR) approaches. It is intuitive that the behaviour of a device can be understood if it can be decomposed into a number of sub-devices of which behaviours and interconnections are known. The work described in this paper follows this intuitive argument.