CMSC 491M/691M - Spring 2003
Discussion Questions for Class #2, January 29
Reading: Weiss Chapter 1
The Class
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What do you want to get out of thiss class?
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What part of the syllabus are you most excited about?
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What part of the syllabus are you least excited about?
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What aspects of the course workload are you most concerned about?
Agents
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What's the difference between an agent and a piece of software?
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What's the difference between an agent, an intelligent agent, and an autonomous
agent?
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Is it even worth talking about agents that aren't intelligent or autonomous?
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Can you have an intelligent agent that isn't autonomous?
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Can you have an autonomous agent that isn't intelligent?
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What are the characteristics of an agent (see chart on page 4)?
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Characterize Monday's exercise in terms of these agent characteristics.
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What are the characteristics of an agent's environment (see page 30)?
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Characterize Monday's exercise (from a single agent's perspective) in terms
of these agent characteristics.
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Give an example of a problem domain that each of the following classes
of agents would be well suited for, and an example of a problem domain
that the class would not be well suited for:
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Reactive agents
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Simple agents with state
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Logic-based agents
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Belief-desire-intention agents
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Write a discussion question of your own.