Open AccessKnowledge Representation and Reasoning — A History of DARPA Leadership
Author(s) -
Fikes Richard,
Garvey Tom
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v41i2.5295
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , representation (politics) , computer science , knowledge representation and reasoning , artificial intelligence , management science , knowledge management , intelligent decision support system , data science , engineering , political science , sociology , politics , law , social science
A fundamental goal of artificial intelligence research and development is the creation of machines that demonstrate what humans consider to be intelligent behavior. Effective knowledge representation and reasoning methods are a foundational requirement for intelligent machines. The development of these methods remains a rich and active area of artificial intelligence research in which advances have been motivated by many factors, including interest in new challenge problems, interest in more complex domains, shortcomings of current methods, improved computational support, increases in requirements to interact effectively with humans, and ongoing funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other agencies. This article highlights several decades of advances in knowledge representation and reasoning methods, paying particular attention to research on planning and on the impact of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's support.