I am interested in exploring the world of BDI agents (software agents that possess "beliefs, desires, intentions", essentially the agent has knowledge of the world, a set of motivations, and carries out certain plans).
I recently read A Canonical Agent Model for Healthcare Applications [1], which left me with a lot of questions, particularly about the specialization of different agent models for particular applications.
The particular modeling language used in their examples was ProForma, and I understand that this is more for the abstract specification of an agent, and that something like 3APL can be used as an actual programming language in this regard, with syntax like:
BELIEFBASE {
status(standby).
at(0,0).
location(r1,2,4).
location(r5,6,1).
dirty(r1).
dirty(r5).
}
My question is, all of these systems clearly reflect years of cumulative efforts, and rather than jumping in to the deep end, I'd like to ease into this world of research a bit more slowly. Is there a canonical reference in this area that might be able to provide a more general overview of all of these levels of organization, and where the abstractions stop and the implementations begin?
- Fox J., Glasspool, D., Modgil, S. A Canonical Agent Model for Healthcare Applications. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 21(6), 21-28, 2006.