Re: delegation definition

This definition is phrased very clear and complete I think, so +1 as well :)

Tom
(sorry for the double mail Paul, accidentally sent the response to you
instead of the mailing list)



2012/5/25 Tom De Nies <tom.denies@ugent.be>

> This definition is phrased very clear and complete I think, so +1 as well
> :)
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> 2012/5/25 Paul Groth <p.t.groth@vu.nl>
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>> another +1
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>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:26 AM, Eric <ericphb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > +1
>> >
>> > Sent from my Samsung smartphone on AT&T
>> >
>> > Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>All,
>> >>Today, we decided to replace the term Responsibility by Delegation.
>> >>Inspired by suggestions from Tim and Stephan, I drafted a definition:
>> >>
>> >>/Delegation is the assignment of authority to an agent (by itself or by
>> >>another agent) to carry out a specific activity as a delegate or
>> >>representative, while the agent that it represents remains responsible
>> >>for the outcome of the delegated work.
>> >>/
>> >>Thoughts?
>> >>
>> >>Cheers,
>> >>Luc
>> >>
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>>
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>> --
>> Dr. Paul Groth (p.t.groth@vu.nl)
>> http://www.few.vu.nl/~pgroth/
>> Assistant Professor
>> Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Group
>> Artificial Intelligence Section
>> Department of Computer Science
>> VU University Amsterdam
>>
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