@inproceedings{horvitz1991time-dependent, author = {Horvitz, Eric and Rutledge, Geoffrey}, title = {Time-Dependent Utility and Action Under Uncertainty}, year = {1991}, month = {January}, abstract = {We discuss representing and reasoning with knowledge about the time-dependent utility of an agent's actions. Time-dependent utility plays a crucial role in the interaction between computation and action under bounded resources. We present a semantics for time-dependent utility and describe the use of time-dependent information in decision contexts. We illustrate our discussion with examples of time-pressured reasoning in Protos, a system constructed to explore the ideal control of inference by reasoners that have limited abilities.}, publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann Publishers}, url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/time-dependent-utility-and-action-under-uncertainty/}, }