Agent architecture in
computer science
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is a
blueprint
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for
software agent
In computer science, a software agent or software AI 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 beha ...
s and
intelligent control systems, depicting the arrangement of components. The architectures implemented by
intelligent agent
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s are referred to as
cognitive architectures.
Comparison of Agent Architectures
The term agent is a conceptual idea, but not defined precisely. It consists of facts, set of goals and sometimes a plan library.
Types
Reactive architectures
* Subsumption
Deliberative reasoning architectures
* Procedural reasoning system (PRS)
Layered/hybrid architectures
* 3T
* AuRA
Brahms
* GAIuS
* GRL
* ICARUS
* InteRRaP
* TinyCog
* TouringMachines
Cognitive architectures
* ASMO
* Soar
* ACT-R
ACT-R (pronounced /ˌækt ˈɑr/; short for "Adaptive Control of Thought—Rational") is a cognitive architecture mainly developed by John Robert Anderson and Christian Lebiere at Carnegie Mellon University. Like any cognitive architecture, ACT-R ...
Brahms
* LIDA
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Etymology
The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuan ...
* PreAct
* Cougaar
* PRODIGY
* FORR
See also
* Action selection
* Cognitive architecture
* Real-time Control System
Real-time Control System (RCS) is a reference model architecture, suitable for many software-intensive, real-time computing control problem domains. It defines the types of functions needed in a real-time intelligent control system, and how these ...
References
Software architecture
Robot architectures
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