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Comparing Variable Handling Strategies in BDI Agents: Experimental Study

VÍDEŇSKÝ František, ZBOŘIL František, BERAN Jan, KOČÍ Radek and ZBOŘIL František V.. Comparing Variable Handling Strategies in BDI Agents: Experimental Study. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1. Rome, 2024, pp. 25-36. ISBN 978-989-758-680-4.
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
Vídeňský František, Ing. (DITS FIT BUT)
Zbořil František, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DITS FIT BUT)
Beran Jan, Ing. (DITS FIT BUT)
Kočí Radek, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS FIT BUT)
Zbořil František V., doc. Ing., CSc. (DITS FIT BUT)
Keywords

BDI Agents, Agent Interpretation, AgentSpeak(L)

Abstract

BDI (Belief-Desire-Intention) agents represent a paradigm in artificial intelligence, demonstrating proficiency
in reasoning, planning, and decision-making. They offer a versatile framework to construct intelligent agents
capable of reasoning about their beliefs, desires, and intentions. Our research focuses on AgentSpeak(L), a
popular BDI language, and its interpreter using late variable bindings. Unlike traditional interpreters, it defers
substitution selection until execution, enhancing rationality by preventing premature, erroneous selections. To
validate our approach, we conducted experiments in a virtual collectable card marketplace. We implemented
a system that can use both late and early variable binding strategies, comparing their performance. In shared
and independent experiments, the late bindings strategy outperformed the early bindings strategy, although
overhead costs were observed. We also conduct a brief discussion of the situations in which it is appropriate
to use late bindings given the structure of the declared plans.

Published
2024
Pages
25-36
Proceedings
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1
Conference
16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Rome, IT
ISBN
978-989-758-680-4
Place
Rome, IT
BibTeX 
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB13085,
   author = "Franti\v{s}ek V\'{i}de\v{n}sk\'{y} and Franti\v{s}ek Zbo\v{r}il and Jan Beran and Radek Ko\v{c}\'{i} and V. Franti\v{s}ek Zbo\v{r}il",
   title = "Comparing Variable Handling Strategies in BDI Agents: Experimental Study",
   pages = "25--36",
   booktitle = " Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1",
   year = 2024,
   location = "Rome, IT",
   ISBN = "978-989-758-680-4",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/13085"
}
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