The Orca project :

  • Intelligent controller for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)

  • Behavior of AUV must be appropriate for context

  • Contexts explicitly represented as contextual schemas (c-schemas)

  • C-schemas contain prescriptive knowledge for behavior in context

  • Relatively few contexts represented, but combination as needed to represent a particular situation

    The SART project :

  • Decision support for subway-line operators in situation when there is an incident.

  • Knowledge representation: the onion metaphor

  • Reasoning representation: contextual graphs

  • An evolving structure by learning practices and explanation



  • Having explained the importance of contexts in so many areas, I would now like to concentrate on a very interesting area - "The Wedding"