Constraint-based Agents
by Alexander Nareyek /
2001 / English / PDF
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Autonomous agents have become a vibrant research and development
topic in recent years attracting activity and attention from
various areas. The basic agent concept incorporates proactive
autonomous units with goal-directed-behaviour and communication
capabilities. The book focuses on autonomous agents that can act in
a goal directed manner under real time constraints and incomplete
knowledge, being situated in a dynamic environment where resources
may be restricted. To satisfy such complex requirements, the author
improves, combines, and applies results from areas like planning,
constraint programming, and local search. The formal framework
developed is evaluated by application to the field of computer
games, which fit the problem context very well since most of them
are played in real time and provide a highly interactive
environment where environmental situations are changing rapidly.
Autonomous agents have become a vibrant research and development
topic in recent years attracting activity and attention from
various areas. The basic agent concept incorporates proactive
autonomous units with goal-directed-behaviour and communication
capabilities. The book focuses on autonomous agents that can act in
a goal directed manner under real time constraints and incomplete
knowledge, being situated in a dynamic environment where resources
may be restricted. To satisfy such complex requirements, the author
improves, combines, and applies results from areas like planning,
constraint programming, and local search. The formal framework
developed is evaluated by application to the field of computer
games, which fit the problem context very well since most of them
are played in real time and provide a highly interactive
environment where environmental situations are changing rapidly.
