In this chapter, we’ll begin describing a very important field of study in the world of AI: agents. Nowadays, agents represent an area of strong interest for many subfields of computer science and AI. They are being used in a great number of applications, ranging from comparatively small systems such as email filters to complex, colossal systems such as air traffic control.
In the next pages we’ll address agents as fundamental AI entities; we will start by getting acquainted with a possible agent definition (as there’s no global agreement regarding this concept). We’ll examine ...
