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=====1.2.3.2.  Surprises to Explain=====

=====1.2.3.2.  Surprises to Explain=====

One of the uses of a knowledge base is to support the generation of expectations.  In return, one of the inputs to the operators which edit and update a knowledge base is the set of differences between expected and observed states.  An inquiry-driven system requires a function to compare expected states, as represented in the images reflexively generated from present knowledge, and observed states, as represented in the images currently delivered as unquestioned records of actual happenings.  In human terms this kind of discrepancy between expectation and observation is experienced as a surprise, and is usually felt as constituting an impulse toward an explanation that can reduce the sense of disparity.  The specification of a particular inquiry-driven system would have to detail this relation between states of uncertainty and resultant actions.

One of the uses of a knowledge base is to support the generation of  

expectations.  In return, one of the inputs to the operators which edit and  

update a knowledge base is the set of differences between expected and observed  

states.  An inquiry-driven system requires a function to compare expected  

states, as represented in the images reflexively generated from present  

knowledge, and observed states, as represented in the images currently delivered  

as unquestioned records of actual happenings.  In human terms this kind of  

discrepancy between expectation and observation is experienced as a surprise,  

and is usually felt as constituting an impulse toward an explanation that can  

reduce the sense of disparity.  The specification of a particular inquiry-driven  

system would have to detail this relation between states of uncertainty and  

resultant actions.

=====1.2.3.3.  Problems to Resolve=====

=====1.2.3.3.  Problems to Resolve=====