Decision Theory Models for Applications in Artificial Intelligence: Concepts and SolutionsL. Enrique Sucar (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico), Eduardo F. Morales (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico) and Jesse Hoey (University of Waterloo, Canada)
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 | | TopDescriptionOne of the goals of artificial intelligence (AI) is creating autonomous agents that must make decisions based on uncertain and incomplete information. The goal is to design rational agents that must take the best action given the information available and their goals. Decision Theory Models for Applications in Artificial Intelligence: Concepts and Solutions provides an introduction to different types of decision theory techniques, including MDPs, POMDPs, Influence Diagrams, and Reinforcement Learning, and illustrates their application in artificial intelligence. This book provides insights into the advantages and challenges of using decision theory models for developing intelligent systems. TopTable of Contents and List of Contributors|
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| Introduction
(pages 1-8)
L. Enrique Sucar (National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico), Eduardo Morales (National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico), Jesse Hoey (University of Waterloo, Canada)
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| Introduction to Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams
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| An Introduction to Fully and Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes
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| An Introduction to Reinforcement Learning
(pages 63-80)
Eduardo F. Morales (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, México), Julio H. Zaragoza (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, México)
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| Inference Strategies for Solving Semi-Markov Decision Processes
(pages 82-96)
Matthew Hoffman (University of British Columbia, Canada), Nando de Freitas (University of British Columbia, Canada)
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| Multistage Stochastic Programming: A Scenario Tree Based Approach to Planning under Uncertainty
(pages 97-143)
Boris Defourny (University of Liège, Belgium), Damien Ernst (University of Liège, Belgium), Louis Wehenkel (University of Liège, Belgium)
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| Automatically Generated Explanations for Markov Decision Processes
(pages 144-163)
Omar Zia Khan (University of Waterloo, Canada), Pascal Poupart (University of Waterloo, Canada), James P. Black (University of Waterloo, Canada)
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| Dynamic LIMIDS
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Francisco J. Díez (UNED, Spain), Marcel A. J. van Gerven (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
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| Relational Representations and Traces for Efficient Reinforcement Learning
(pages 190-217)
Eduardo F. Morales (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, México), Julio H. Zaragoza (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, México)
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| A Decision-Theoretic Tutor for Analogical Problem Solving
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Kasia Muldner (Arizona State University, USA), Cristina Conati (University of British Columbia, Canada)
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| Dynamic Decision Networks Applications in Active Learning Simulators
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Julieta Noguez (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico), Karla Muñoz (University of Ulster, Northern Ireland), Luis Neri (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico), Víctor Robledo-Rella (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico), Gerardo Aguilar (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico)
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| An Intelligent Assistant for Power Plant Operation and Training Based on Decision-Theoretic Planning
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Alberto Reyes (Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas, México), Francisco Elizalde (Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas, México)
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| POMDP Models for Assistive Technology
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Jesse Hoey (University of Waterloo, Canada), Pascal Poupart (University of Waterloo, Canada), Craig Boutilier (University of Toronto, Canada), Alex Mihailidis (University of Toronto, Canada)
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| A Case Study of Applying Decision Theory in the Real World: POMDPs and Spoken Dialog Systems
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| Task Coordination for Service Robots Based on Multiple Markov Decision Processes
(pages 343-360)
Elva Corona (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico), L. Enrique Sucar (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Mexico)
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| Applications of DEC-MDPs in Multi-Robot Systems
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Aurélie Beynier (University Pierre and Marie Curie, France), Abdel-Illah Mouaddib (University of Caen, France)
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TopTopics Covered- Active learning simulators
- Bayesian networks and influence diagrams
- Decision theoretic models for health in the home
- Dynamic decision networks applications
- Fully and partially observable Markov decision processes
- Intelligent assistants for power plant operations and training
- Multistage stochastic programming
- Reinforcement learning
- Strategies for solving semi-Markov decision processes
- Task coordination for service robots
TopPrefaceUnder the rational agent approach, the goal of artificial intelligence is to design rational agents that must take the best actions given the information available, their prior knowledge, and their goals. In many cases, the information and knowledge is incomplete or unreliable, and the results of their decisions are not certain, that is, they have to make decisions under uncertainty. An intelligent agent should try to make the best decisions based on limited information and limited resources. Decision Theory provides a normative framework for decision making under uncertainty. It is based on the concept of rationality, that is that an agent should try to maximize its utility or minimize its costs. Decision theory was initially developed in economics and operations research, but in recent years has attracted the attention of artificial intelligence researchers interested in understanding and building intelligent agents.
Decision Theory Models for Applications in Artificial Intelligence: Concepts and Solutions provides an introduction to different types of decision theory techniques, and illustrates their application in artificial intelligence. This book provides insights into the advantages and challenges of using decision theory models for developing intelligent systems. It includes a general and comprehensive overview of decision theoretic models in artificial intelligence, with a review of the basic solution techniques, a sample of more advanced approaches, and examples of some recent real world applications.
The book is divided into three parts: Fundamentals, Concepts, and Solutions. Section 1 provides a general introduction to the main decision-theoretic techniques used in artificial intelligence: Influence Diagrams, Markov Decision Processes and Reinforcement Learning. It also reviews the bases of probability and decision theory, and provides a general overview of probabilistic graphical models. Section 2 presents recent theoretical developments that extend some of the techniques in Section 1 to deal with computational and representational issues that arise in artificial intelligence. Section 3 describes a wide sample of applications of decision-theoretic models in different areas of artificial intelligence, including: intelligent tutors and intelligent assistants, power plant control, medical assistive technologies, spoken dialog systems, service robots, and multi-robot systems.
This book is intended for students, researchers and practitioners of artificial intelligence that are interested in decision-theoretic approaches for building intelligent systems. Besides providing a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical bases and computational techniques, it includes recent developments in representation, inference and learning. It is also useful for engineers and other professionals in different fields interested in understanding and applying decision-theoretic techniques to solve practical problems in education, health, robotics, industry and communications, among other application areas. The book includes a wide sample of applications that illustrate the advantages as well as the challenges involved in applying these techniques in different domains. TopAuthor(s)/Editor(s) BiographyL. Enrique Sucar Enrique Sucar has a Ph.D in computing from Imperial College, London; a M.Sc. in electrical engineering from Stanford University; and a B.Sc. in electronics and communications engineering from ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico. He has been a Researcher at the Electrical Research Institute and Professor at ITESM Cuernavaca and is currently a Senior Researcher at INAOE, Puebla, Mexico. He has more than 100 publications in journals and conference proceedings and has directed 16 Ph.D. thesis. Dr. Sucar is Member of the National Research System, the Mexican Science Academy and Senior Member of the IEEE. He has served as president of the Mexican AI Society, has been member of the Advisory Board of IJCAI and is Associate Editor of the journals Computación y Sistemas and Revista Iberoamericana de Inteligencia Artificial. His main research interest are in graphical models and probabilistic reasoning and their applications in computer vision, robotics and biomedicine. Eduardo F. Morales Eduardo Morales, Ph.D., is a research scientist since 2006 of the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) in Mexico where he conducts research in Machine Learning and Robotics. He has a B.Sc. degree (1974) in Physics Engineering from Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (Mexico), an M.Sc. degree (1985) in Information Technology: Knowledge-Based Systems from the University of Edinburgh (U.K.) and a PhD degree (1992) in Computer Science from the Turing Institute - University of Strathclyde (U.K.). He has been responsible for 20 research projects sponsored by different funding agencies and private companies and has more than 100 articles in journals and conference proceedings. Jesse Hoey Jesse Hoey is an assistant professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. Hoey is also an adjunct scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute in Toronto, Canada. His research focuses on planning and acting in large scale real-world uncertain domains. He has worked extensively on systems to assist persons with cognitive and physical disabilities. He won the Best Paper award at the International Conference on Vision Systems (ICVS) in 2007 for his paper describing an assistive system for persons with dementia during hand washing. Hoey won a Microsoft/AAAI Distinguished Contribution Award at the 2009 IJCAI Workshop on Intelligent Systems for Assisted Cognition, for his paper on technology to facilitate creative expression in persons with dementia. He also works on devices for ambient assistance in the kitchen, on stroke rehabilitation devices and on spoken dialogue assistance systems. Hoey was co-Chair of the 2008 Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) conference and he is Program Chair for the British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) in 2011. TopReviews and Testimonials"Several excellent textbooks cover Bayesian networks. Focus in these books is belief updating in Bayesian networks and learning of models. However, I have for many years been missing a graduate textbook, which systematically introduces the concepts and techniques of graphical models for sequential decision making. This book serves this purpose. Not only does it introduce the basic theory and concepts, but it also contains sections indicating new research directions as well as examples of real world decision models. [...] For the domain expert wanting to exploit graphical decision models for constructing a specific decision support system, this book is a useful hand book of the theory as well as of ideas, which may help establishing appropriate models. To the young researcher: this book will give you a firm ground for working with graphical decision models. Read the book, and you will realize that the story is not over. There are lots of challenges waiting for you, and the book provides you an excellent starting point for an exciting journey into the science of graphical decision models."
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