Agent Autonomy
Author | : Henry Hexmoor |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781441991980 |
ISBN-13 | : 1441991980 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Autonomy is a characterizing notion of agents, and intuitively it is rather unambiguous. The quality of autonomy is recognized when it is perceived or experienced, yet it is difficult to limit autonomy in a definition. The desire to build agents that exhibit a satisfactory quality of autonomy includes agents that have a long life, are highly independent, can harmonize their goals and actions with humans and other agents, and are generally socially adept. Agent Autonomy is a collection of papers from leading international researchers that approximate human intuition, dispel false attributions, and point the way to scholarly thinking about autonomy. A wide array of issues about sharing control and initiative between humans and machines, as well as issues about peer level agent interaction, are addressed.