Abstract
With the recent rapid growth of interest in Multi-Agent Systems, both in artificial intelligence and software engineering, has come an associated difficulty concerning basic terms and concepts. In particular, the terms agency and autonomy are used with increasing frequency to denote different notions with different connotations. In this paper, we lay the foundations for a principled theory of agency and autonomy, and specify the relationship between them. Using the Z specification language, we describe a three-tiered hierarchy comprising objects, agents, and autonomous agents where agents are viewed as objects with goals, and autonomous agents are agents with motivations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the First International Conference on Multiagent Systems, ICMAS 1995 |
| Editors | Victor R. Lesser, Les Gasser |
| Publisher | AAAI press |
| Pages | 254-260 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780262621021 |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Jul 1995 |
| Event | First International Conference on Multiagent Systems, ICMAS 1995 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 12 Jun 1995 → 14 Jun 1995 https://aaai.org/proceeding/01-icmas-95/ |
Conference
| Conference | First International Conference on Multiagent Systems, ICMAS 1995 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Francisco |
| Period | 12/06/95 → 14/06/95 |
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