Translations of network languages

Abstract

In this paper, we describe new results of research on geometrical properties of complex control systems, the so-called Linguistic Geometry. This research includes the development of syntactic tools for knowledge representation and reasoning about large-scale hierarchical complex systems. It relies on the formalization of search heuristics of high-skilled human experts that have resulted in the development of successful applications in different areas. A hierarchy of subsystems of a complex system, the networks of paths, is represented as a hierarchy of formal languages. In this paper, we investigate transformations of these networks while a system moves from one state to another. The investigation consists of formal, constructive separation of changed and unchanged parts of system representation, the hierarchy of languages. Thus, we address a problem relative to the well-known Frame Problem for planning systems. A partial solution is presented in the form of the theorem about translations of network languages. Formal considerations are illustrated by example of Air Force robotic vehicles.