The role of time in information processing

摘要: Numerous researchers in a handful of disciplines have been concerned, recent years, with the special role (or roles) that time seems to play information processing. Designers computerized systems had deal fact when an item becomes outdated, it need not be forgotten. Researchers artificial intelligence pointed for realistic world model include representations only snapshot descriptions real world, but also histories, or evolution such over time. Many logicians regarded classical logic as awkward tool capturing relationships and meaning statements involving temporal reference, proposed "temporal logics" this purpose. Finally, analysis tensed natural language is principal concern linguistics.