Intelligen Agent

Intelligen Agent

1. refers to

   • an autonomous entity
     • which acts
       • directing its activity towards achieving goals

2. develops into

   • an environment
     • using
       • observation through
         • sensors
         • consequent actuators

3. are

   • often described schematically
     • as an
       • abstract functional system
         • similar to
           • a computer program
   • sometimes called
     • abstract intelligent agents (AIA)
       • to
         • distinguish them from their real world implementations
   • closely related to agents in economics
   • studied in
     • cognitive science
     • ethics
     • the philosophy of practical reason
     • in many interdisciplinary socio-cognitive modeling
     • computer social simulations
   • closely related
     • to
       • software agents

4. Some definitions

   • emphasize their autonomy