?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Agents+with+Exact+Foreknowledge&rft.creator=Doran%2C+Prof+J+E&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=Computational+experiments+are+reported+involving+the+concept+of+foreknowledge%2C+an+agent%E2%80%99s+direct%2C+unmediated+and+accurate%2C+but+possibly+incomplete%2C+awareness+of+its+future+including+states+and+events+involving+the+agent+itself.+Foreknowledge+is+used+here+as+a+conceptual+tool+with+which+to+explore+certain+issues+around+time+and+rationality.+We+first+explain+how+foreknowledge+in+this+sense+may+be+given+to+the+agents+in+an+agent+society+on+a+computer.+The+generation+of+a+world+history+is+viewed+as+a+process+of+solving+a+constraint+satisfaction+problem.+Then+we+seek+to+understand+the+circumstances+in+which+foreknowledge+may+be+either+beneficial+or+detrimental+to+a+society+of+rational+agents.++A+special+case+is+when+agents+have+foreknowledge+of+their+own+%E2%80%9Cdeaths%E2%80%9D.+An+experimental+interpretation+of+this+special+case+has+been+implemented%2C+and+results+are+presented+and+discussed.+Finally%2C+the+work+reported+is+briefly+discussed+in+the+context+of+current+theories+of+time.+&rft.publisher=Springer&rft.contributor=Hutter%2C+Dr+D&rft.contributor=Stephan%2C+Dr+W&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3974%2F1%2FAgents_with_Exact_Foreknowledge__--_Doran.ps&rft.identifier=++Doran%2C+Prof+J+E++(2003)+Agents+with+Exact+Foreknowledge.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3974%2F