Intelligent Agents

AY2014/2015 Semester 2

Overview: introduction, definitions, fundamental concepts, applications. Agent theories: commitments, intentions, decision-theoretic agents, Markov decision processes. Agent architectures: simple reactive agents, reactive planners, deliberative agents, layered architectures, cognitive agents, advanced architectures. Multi-agent systems: collaborative agents, agent teams. Agent languages and implementation. KQML, agent communication languages, learning agents, believable agents. Software agents: personal assistants, information access, robotic agents, agent applications.