<p>One goal of modern computer science is to engineer computer programs that can act as autonomous, rational agents; software that can independently make good decisions about what actions to perform on our behalf and execute those actions. Applications range from small programs that intelligently search the Web buying and selling goods via electronic commerce, to autonomous space probes. This book focuses on the belief-desire-intention (BDI) model of rational agents, which recognizes the primacy of beliefs, desires, and intentions in rational action. The BDI model has three distinct strengths: an underlying philosophy based on practical reasoning in humans, a software architecture that is implementable in real systems, and a family of logics that support a formal theory of rational agency.The book introduces a BDI logic called LORA (Logic of Rational Agents). In addition to the BDI component, LORA contains a temporal component, which allows one to represent the dynamics of how agents and their environments change over time, and an action component, which allows one to represent the actions that agents perform and the effects of the actions. The book shows how LORA can be used to capture many components of a theory of rational agency, including such notions as communication and cooperation.</p>

Reasoning about Rational Agents (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents)

Computers & Technology

Wooldridge, Michael J.

Computer Science

Bradford Books

This volume coherently present 24 thoroughly revised full papers accepted for the ECAI-94 Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages.There is currently considerable interest, from both the AI and the mainstream CS communities, in conceptualizing and building complex computer systems as collections of intelligent agents. This book is devoted to theoretical and practical aspects of architectural and language-related design and implementation issues of software agents. Particularly interesting is the comprehensive survey by the volume editors, which outlines the key issues and indicates, via a comprehensive bibliography, topics for further reading. In addition, a glossary of key terms in this emerging field and a comprehensive subject index is included.

Intelligent Agents: Ecai-94 Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages Amsterdam, the Netherlands August 8-9, 1994 : Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Springer, Verlag

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Reasoning about Rational Agents (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents)

Intelligent Agents: Ecai-94 Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages Amsterdam, the Netherlands August 8-9, 1994 : Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)