BDI Agent Architectures: A Survey
Lavindra de Silva, Felipe Meneguzzi, Brian Logan
Abstract
The BDI model forms the basis of much of the research on symbolic models of agency and agent-oriented software engineering. While many variants of the basic BDI model have been proposed in the literature, there has been no systematic review of research on BDI agent architectures in over 10 years. In this paper, we survey the main approaches to each component of the BDI architecture, how these have been realised in agent programming languages, and discuss the trade-offs inherent in each approach.
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Computer scienceSoftware engineeringComponent (thermodynamics)Agency (philosophy)Agent architectureArchitectureSoftware architectureSoftware agentSoftwareMulti-agent systemProgramming languageArtificial intelligenceVisual artsPhysicsArtThermodynamicsEpistemologyPhilosophyMulti-Agent Systems and NegotiationMobile Agent-Based Network ManagementBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis