Heterogeneous BDI Agents I: Bold Agents

Oneof the mostinterestingissuesthat arises in agentsbased onthe BDI(belief-desire-intention)formalismis capturing notionsof realism,that is constraintsthat describepossible interrelationshipsbetweenthe threeattitudes. Threesuchsets of constraintshavebeenconsideredin the literature: strong realism, realismandweakrealism.In this paperwepropose notionsof realismfor heterogeneousBDIagentsandin particular weexplorewhatwecall bold agents. Weinterpret boldBDIagentsas agentsthat are willingto takerisks, and thusadoptintentionseventhoughtheymaynotbelievein all respectiveaccessibleworldsthat theseare achievable.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: FLAIRS
• Authors: Maria Fasli
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Capturing Notionsof Realism, FLAIRS 2001, That, Weexplorewhatwecall Bold Agents