Intelligent Agents

Intelligent Agents

1. Intelligent

   • Learn
   • Represent
   • Reason
   • Suggest
   • Assist
   • Infer

2. Agent

   • works as an assistant rather than a tool box
   • system that perceives its environment and takes action which maximizes its chance of success
   • Performance measure, Environment, Actuators, Sensors (PEAS) defines task environment
     • Example
       • AGENT: Online English Tutor
       • PERFORMANCE MEASURE: Improve student's written English
       • ENVIRONMENT: Set of students
       • ACTUATORS: Screen Display (Exercises, suggestions and corrections)
       • SENSORS: Keyboard
   • interacts with the environment through actuators and sensors
   • agent function describes what a agent does in various circumstances
   • Types
     • Simple Reflex Agents
     • Model-based Reflex Agents
     • Goal-based Reflex Agents
     • Utility-based Agents
     • Learning Agents
   • Rational Agent
     • a perfect rational agent maximizes expected performance