[From Bill Powers (951112.0805 MST)]
Bruce Abbott --
I'm commenting on your rubber-band post direct to you, to give others a
chance to try before discussing answers.
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Bruce Abbott (951111.1730 EST) --
A state diagram would be appropriate for sequences or programs, I
would think. What does it mean to control a sequence? Do we not
specify a sequence of perceptions (produced by control actions), in
which bringing the first in the sequence to reference serves as the
condition to start bringing the second to reference, etc.? If so,
then I would think the sequence could be represented in a state
diagram, with the transition from one state to the next being
represented by the perception associated with a given state being
brought to its reference level.
A state diagram of a program
diagram represents a program
/yes
Does state diag include a choice?
\no
diagram represents a sequence
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Shannon Williams (951111.late) --
Instead of writing to Minsky, I am going to post to the
ai.philosophy newsgroup.
Excellent! Good luck.
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Best to all,
Bill P.