FLEXIBLE PROCEDURAL ATTACHMENT TO SITUATE REASONING SYSTEMS

The method of the invention enables the situating of reasoning engines which have the capability to store premises as knowledge representation expressions, as well as to conclude knowledge representation expressions and/or to evaluate (or test), knowledge representation expressions and/or to respond to delivered directive events that request the engine to perform reasoning. The result of the method is a situated reasoning system which extends the given reasoning engine's functionality by augmenting it with procedural attachments, using zero or more provided attached procedures. This extension of functionality permits especially the capabilities for sensing and/or effecting and/or responding to delivered directive events. The method permits attachment of the attached procedures to be dynamic or static. The method permits the given reasoning engine to be any of a variety of kinds, corresponding to variety of knowledge representations combined with a variety of control strategies: The invention further gives a method for inter-communication between multiple situated reasoning systems.