Software Agent
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A Software Agent is a software system that is an agent.
- AKA: Digital/Virtual Agent.
- Context:
- It can range from being an Intelligent Software Agent to being an Unintelligent Software Agent.
- It can range from being a Batch-Oriented Software Agent to being an Interactive Software Agent.
- Example(s):
- a Digital Assistant.
- a Web Crawler.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Agent, Intelligent Agent, Reasoning System, Believable Virtual Agent.
References
2013
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_agent
- QUOTE: In computer science, a systems agent is a computer program that acts for a user or other program in a relationship of agency, which derives from the Latin agere (to do): an agreement to act on one's behalf. Such "action on behalf of" implies the authority to decide which, if any, action is appropriate.[1][2]
Related and derived concepts include intelligent agents (in particular exhibiting some aspect of artificial intelligence, such as learning and reasoning), autonomous agents (capable of modifying the way in which they achieve their objectives), distributed agents (being executed on physically distinct computers), multi-agent systems (distributed agents that do not have the capabilities to achieve an objective alone and thus must communicate), and mobile agents (agents that can relocate their execution onto different processors).
- QUOTE: In computer science, a systems agent is a computer program that acts for a user or other program in a relationship of agency, which derives from the Latin agere (to do): an agreement to act on one's behalf. Such "action on behalf of" implies the authority to decide which, if any, action is appropriate.[1][2]
- ↑ Nwana, H. S. (1996). Software Agents: An Overview. 11. Cambridge University Press, Knowledge Engineering Review. pp. 205–244. 1996. Software Agents: An Overview. Knowledge Engineering Review, Vol. 11, No. 3, 205-244, Cambridge University Press
- ↑ Schermer,, B. W. (2007) (paperback). Software agents, surveillance, and the right to privacy: A legislative framework for agent-enabled surveillance. 11. Leiden University Press. pp. 140, 205–244. ISBN 978-0-596-00712-6. Template:Hdl. http://it-ebooks.info/book/252/. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
2011
- (Sammut & Webb, 2011) ⇒ Claude Sammut (editor), and Geoffrey I. Webb (editor). (2011). “Agent.” In: (Sammut & Webb, 2011) p.36
- QUOTE: In computer science, the term “agent” usually denotes a software abstraction of a real entity which is capable of acting with a certain degree of autonomy. For example, in artificial societies, agents are software abstractions of real people, interacting in an artifical, simulated environment. Various authors have proposed different definitions of agents. Most of them would agree on the following set of agent properties:
- Persistence: Code is not executed on demand but runs continuously and decides autonomously when it should perform some activity.
- Social ability: Agents are able to interact with other agents.
- Reactivity: Agents perceive the environment and are able to react.
- Proactivity: Agents exhibit goal-directed behavior and can take the initiative.
- QUOTE: In computer science, the term “agent” usually denotes a software abstraction of a real entity which is capable of acting with a certain degree of autonomy. For example, in artificial societies, agents are software abstractions of real people, interacting in an artifical, simulated environment. Various authors have proposed different definitions of agents. Most of them would agree on the following set of agent properties:
1996
- (Franklin & Graesser, 1996) ⇒ Stan Franklin, and Art Graesser. (1996). “Is It An Agent, Or Just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents.” In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Intelligent Agents III, Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages.
- H. S. Nwana. (1996). “Software Agents: An Overview.” In: Knowledge Engineering Review, 11(3).