; FILE: deco.lisp
; PURPOSE: basic functions for DECO: deliberative coherence
; Modified by PT, 5-20-93

 

 

; *********************************
; * FUNCTIONS FOR PARSING DECO INPUT
; *********************************

;GOAL Calls "proposition" to set up a node and puts a property
; to that atom that it is a goal.
; This will cause the running functions to not allow the value to go below 0.

(defun goal(name sentence &optional priority)
(proposition name sentence)
(put-prop 'name 'goal 'type)
(if priority (make-sym-link 'special name (* priority *goal-excit*)))
(print-si name " represents goal: " sentence " with priority " priority)
)

;ACTION
(defun action (name sentence)
(proposition name sentence)
(put-prop 'name 'action 'type)
(print-si name " represents action: " sentence)
)

; PROPOSITION sets up the units representing the various goals. It creates
; a unit for each proposition with *init-activ* as its initial activation,
; and stores the string defining the unit as a property of the unit.
(defun proposition (name sentence)
(setf (prop name) sentence)
(pushnew name *all-propositions*)
(note-unit name)
(setf (activation name) *init-activ*)
(setf (original-activation name) *init-activ*)
)

; FACILITATE establishes the coherence links between units that facilitate
; other units. The optional argument VALUE allows a goal or set of goals
; to facilitate another goal with varied strength. SUBGOALS may be either
; an atom or a list, but SUPERGOAL must be an atom. If multiple SUBGOALS
; are needed to facilitate a goal, the strength of their links are
; weakened by an amount regulated by *simpl-impact*.
(defun facilitate (subgoals supergoal &optional (value 1))
(let ((weight (* *excit-weight* value)))
(if (listp subgoals)
(print-si subgoals " facilitate " supergoal)
(print-si subgoals " facilitates " supergoal)
)
(if (atom subgoals) (setq subgoals (list subgoals)))
(dolist (propn (cons supergoal subgoals))
(when (not (member propn *all-propositions*))
(error "The proposition ~s has not been defined.%This explanatory relation not entered in the network." propn)
(return-from facilitate)
)
)
(make-sym-links (cons supergoal subgoals)
(/ weight (expt (length subgoals) *simpl-impact*))
)
(pushnew supergoal *all-supergoals*)
(setq *all-subgoals* (union subgoals *all-subgoals*))
(setf (facilitated-by supergoal)
(union subgoals (facilitated-by supergoal))
)
(dolist (subgoal subgoals) (pushnew supergoal (facilitates subgoal)))
)
)

; INCOMPATIBLE creates incoherence between pairs of goals that cannot both
; be achieved. The optional argument VALUE alows the amount which the
; goals incohere to be regulated.
(defun incompatible (goal1 goal2 &optional (value 1))
(if (not (eq 1 value))
(print-si goal1 " and " goal2 " are incompatible at value " value)
(print-si goal1 " and " goal2 " are strongly incompatible at value " value)
)
(make-sym-link goal1 goal2 (* *inhib-weight* value))
(pushnew goal2 (contradicts goal1))
(pushnew goal1 (contradicts goal2))
(pushnew (list goal1 goal2) *contradictions*)
)

 

; GENERATE-INCOHERENCE creates a weak incoherence between supergoals
; whose subgoals incohere. The degree to which the supergoals
; incohere is regulated by *weak-incohere-impact*. NOT CURRENTLY USED. PT, 5-20-93
(defun generate-incoherence (contradictions)
(let (supergoals1 supergoals2)
(print-si "Looking for supergoals with incompatible subgoals...")
(dolist (pair contradictions)
(setq supergoals1 (facilitates (car pair))
supergoals2 (facilitates (second pair))
)
(if (and supergoals1 supergoals2)
(incompatible-set supergoals1 supergoals2 *weak-incohere-impact*)
)
)
)
)

; INCOMPATIBLE-SET creates incoherence between two sets of goals which
; cannot be or are difficult to achieve together. The more goals, the
; weaker the links. NOT CURRENTLY USED. PT, 5-20-93
(defun incompatible-set (goalset1 goalset2 &optional (value 1))
(let ((weight (/ *inhib-weight*
(/ (+ (length goalset1) (length goalset2)) 2)
)
))
(if (not (eq 1 value))
(print-si goalset1 " and " goalset2 " are incompatible at value " value)
(print-si goalset1 " and " goalset2 " are incompatble")
)
(dolist (goal1 goalset1)
(dolist (goal2 goalset2)
(make-sym-link goal1 goal2 weight)
(pushnew (list goal1 goal2) *contradictions*)
)
)
)
)

 

; ANALOGOUS sets up links between 2 analogous supergoals and
; between 2 analogous subgoals. NOT CURRENTLY USED. PT, 5-20-93
;(defun analogous (subgoals supergoals)
; (cond ((and (member (car supergoals) (facilitates (car subgoals)))
; (member (second supergoals)(facilitates (second subgoals)))
; )
; (make-sym-link (car supergoals) (second supergoals);;
;
; )
; (make-sym-link (car subgoals) (second subgoals)
; (* *excit-weight* *analogy-impact*)
; )
; (print-si '" Facilitation of " (car supergoals)
; '" by " (car subgoals)
; '" is analogous to facilitation of " (second supergoals)
; '" by " (second subgoals)
; )
; )
; else:
; (t (error "Facilitation not present in analogy."))
; )
;)