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A version of the Situation Calculus is presented which is able to deal with information about the actual occurrence of actions in time. Baker's solution to the frame problem using circumscription is adapted to enable default reasoning about action occurrences, as well as about the effects of actions. Two translations of Situation Calculus style theories into Event Calculus style logic programs are defined, and results are given on the soundness and completeness of the translations.
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Miller, R. (1995). Situation calculus specifications for event calculus logic programs. In: Marek, V.W., Nerode, A., Truszczyński, M. (eds) Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning. LPNMR 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 928. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-59487-6_16
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