Value of information with streaming evidence
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDan Bohus, Eric J. Horvitz, Stephanie Rosenthal Pomerantz, Semiha E. Kamar Eden
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Abstract
The subject disclosure is directed towards processing evidence, which may include high-dimensional streaming evidence, into a future belief state. The existing evidence is used to project a belief about a future state. The future belief state may be used to determine whether to wait for additional evidence, or to act now without waiting for additional evidence, e.g., based on a cost of the delay. For example, an autonomous assistant may decide based upon the belief whether to engage a person or not, or to wait for more information before the engagement decision is made.
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A method comprising, receiving streaming evidence from one or more sensors, constructing one or more belief projection models from at least part of existing evidence to predict a future belief over a state at a future time, and using the prediction of the future belief to determine whether to act or wait for additional evidence.
A system comprising, processing logic, the processing logic coupled to a sensor set comprising one or more sensors, and coupled to an output mechanism set comprising one or more output mechanisms, the processing logic configured to process evidence received via the sensor set, including streaming evidence, into one or more belief projection models, and to use the predicted future belief to determine whether to act via the output mechanism set or wait for additional evidence to be received.
One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions, which when executed on at least one processor perform steps, comprising, receiving sensory evidence, including high-dimensional streaming evidence, processing the sensory evidence to project a future belief over a state, and using the predicted future state belief to make a decision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.