An 'autonomous agent' is a system situated in, and part of, an
environment, which senses that environment, and acts on it, over time, in pursuit of its own agenda. This agenda evolves from
drives (or programmed
goals). The agent acts to change the environment and influences what it senses at a later time.
Non-biological examples include
intelligent agents,
autonomous robots, and various
software agents, including
artificial life agents, and many
computer viruses.
References
★ Franklin, Stan and Graesser, Art (1997) "Is it an Agent, or just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents," Intelligent Agents III, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 21-35,
★ Sun, Ron, (2002). "Duality of the Mind". Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ.
External links
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Autonomous Robot Behaviors
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Requirements for materializing Autonomous Agents
See also
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Autonomous robot
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drive
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Intelligent system
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motivation
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motive generator
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Multi-agent system
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Simulated reality
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Software agent