Agent Development Notes

• Jennings IJCAI talk - new software development
• Two Levels of Abstraction
• Semantic abstract layer above domain
  translated to some common model
  e.g., BDI, Redux, other
• Syntactic abstract layer above common model
• Common langauages, outer and inner
• E.g., KQML + Processlink Elec. Process Lang. (EPL)
• Message passing, parsing facilitates development
• Change frequency:
  Inner Language > Outer Language > Model Translation
• Generic service agents more stable

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