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Plan Existence Problem Proven Undecidable for Epistemic Actions

other · 2026-04-27

A new proof establishes that the plan existence problem in epistemic logic is undecidable, even under severely restricted conditions. The problem asks whether a sequence of epistemic actions exists to achieve a given goal from an initial epistemic state. The proof shows undecidability when action preconditions have modal depth at most 1 and there are no postconditions. This result resolves a previously open question in the field of logic in computer science. The work is published on arXiv under the identifier 2604.22736.

Key facts

  • The plan existence problem is proven undecidable.
  • The result holds for epistemic actions with preconditions of modal depth at most 1.
  • No postconditions are allowed in the actions.
  • The problem was previously of unknown decidability status.
  • The proof is published on arXiv (2604.22736).
  • The work is categorized under Computer Science > Logic in Computer Science.

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  • arXiv

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