On the Metaphysics of Agents (extended version)
| Document type: | Researchreports |
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| Author(s): | Stefan J. Johansson, Paul Davidsson |
| Title: | On the Metaphysics of Agents (extended version) |
| Translated title: | Agenternas metafysik (utökad version) |
| Series: | Research Report |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 1103-1581 |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Engineering - Dept. of Systems and Software Engineering (Sektionen för teknik – avd. för programvarusystem) School of Engineering S- 372 25 Ronneby +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.tek.bth.se/ |
| Authors e-mail: | sja@bth.se, pdv@bth.se |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | As a follow-up to the heated discussion in the mid 90s on how to define agents, we have done a study of how the concept is actually used today. All full papers published in a recent proceedings of the largest agent conference have been classified according to a number of agent properties. These properties have been derived from agent definitions found in well-known text books and publications. We analyze the lattice of properties with respect to the classification and propose new definitions that better match the actual use. |
| Summary in Swedish: | Då agentområdet fortfarande lider av en viss begreppsförvirring gällande vad en agent egentligen är, så har vi genomfört en omfattande kartläggning av hur begreppet användes vid en av de senaste stora agentkonferenserna. Ett stort antal artiklar gicks igenom och dess agenter klassificerades med avseende på vilka egenskaper de uppvisade. |
| Subject: | Computer Science\Artificial Intelligence Computer Science\Distributed Computing |
| Keywords: | agent definition, property lattice |
| Note: | Published in a shorter version (2 pages) as a poster at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) 2005, Utrecht. |
| URN: | urn:nbn:se:bth-00288 |
