U1760 Homework No.1 (Fall 2002)
Due 10/03/02
Give an example of agents (not necessarily intelligent) that were not
discussed in class or the Russell & Norvig book.
- Define the environment that the agent occupies (physical,
software...) in terms of the states that this environment can be
in, and the following characteristics of the environment.
- accessible or inaccessible;
- deterministic or non-deterministic;
- episodic or non-episodic;
- static or dynamic;
- discrete or continuous
Justify your answers.
- Define the action repertoire available to the agent. For
each action, define its pre-conditions and post-conditions.
- Define the goal (or design objectives) of the agent,
i.e. what it is intended to achieve.
- Is the agent purely reactive? Explain briefly.
Note: Please submit the assignments to
the TA before class
time on the due date.
Last Updated: Thu Oct 03 18:59:46 2002