Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Computer Science and Engineering
Abstract
The agent metaphor comes packaged with a number of powerful abstractions. Some of these are psychological, such as beliefs, knowledge, and intentions-abstractions that were traditionally studied in AI. However, there are a number of other abstractions that the agent metaphor brings to the fore. Of these, one has been emphasizing the social abstractions. Close cousins of the social abstractions are the ethical and legal abstractions. These too are being recognized as increasingly important in developing agents that are not only sociable, but also well behaved.
Publication Info
Published in IEEE Internet Computing, Volume 2, Issue 2, 1998, pages 90-91.
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© 1998 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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