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Comparing Variable Handling Strategies in BDI Agents: Experimental Study
Zbořil František, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
Beran Jan, Ing. (UITS)
Kočí Radek, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
Zbořil František, doc. Ing., CSc. (DITS)
BDI Agents, Agent Interpretation, AgentSpeak(L)
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.
@inproceedings{BUT185773,
author="František {Vídeňský} and František {Zbořil} and Jan {Beran} and Radek {Kočí} and František {Zbořil}",
title="Comparing Variable Handling Strategies in BDI Agents: Experimental Study",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1",
year="2024",
pages="25--36",
publisher="SciTePress - Science and Technology Publications",
address="Rome",
isbn="978-989-758-680-4"
}