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2 Reminders Assignment 0 (lisp refresher) due 1/28 Lisp/emacs/AIMA tutorial: 11-1 today and Monday, 271 Soda Chapter 2 2

3 Outline Agents and environments Rationality PEAS (Performance measure, Environment, Actuators, Sensors) Environment types Agent types Chapter 2 3

4 Agents and environments sensors environment percepts actions? agent actuators Agents include humans, robots, softbots, thermostats, etc. The agent function maps from percept histories to actions: f : P A The agent program runs on the physical architecture to produce f Chapter 2 4

etc. The agent function maps from percept histories to actions: f : P

5 Vacuum-cleaner world A B Percepts: location and contents, e.g., [A, Dirty] Actions: Left, Right, Suck, NoOp Chapter 2 5

6 A vacuum-cleaner agent Percept sequence Action [A, Clean] Right [A, Dirty] Suck [B, Clean] Lef t [B, Dirty] Suck [A, Clean], [A, Clean] Right [A, Clean], [A, Dirty]. Suck. function Reflex-Vacuum-Agent( [location,status]) returns an action if status = Dirty then return Suck else if location = A then return Right else if location = B then return Left What is the right function? Can it be implemented in a small agent program? Chapter 2 6

function Reflex-Vacuum-Agent( [location,status]) returns an action if status = Dirty then return Suck else if

7 Rationality Fixed performance measure evaluates the environment sequence one point per square cleaned up in time T? one point per clean square per time step, minus one per move? penalize for > k dirty squares? A rational agent chooses whichever action maximizes the expected value of the performance measure given the percept sequence to date Rational omniscient percepts may not supply all relevant information Rational clairvoyant action outcomes may not be as expected Hence, rational successful Rational exploration, learning, autonomy Chapter 2 7

A rational agent chooses whichever action maximizes the expected value of the performance measure given the percept sequence to date

8 PEAS To design a rational agent, we must specify the task environment Consider, e.g., the task of designing an automated taxi: Performance measure?? Environment?? Actuators?? Sensors?? Chapter 2 8

9 PEAS To design a rational agent, we must specify the task environment Consider, e.g., the task of designing an automated taxi: Performance measure?? safety, destination, profits, legality, comfort,... Environment?? US streets/freeways, traffic, pedestrians, weather,... Actuators?? steering, accelerator, brake, horn, speaker/display,... Sensors?? video, accelerometers, gauges, engine sensors, keyboard, GPS,... Chapter 2 9

? US streets/freeways, traffic, pedestrians, weather,... Actuators?

10 Performance measure?? Environment?? Actuators?? Sensors?? Internet shopping agent Chapter 2 10

11 Internet shopping agent Performance measure?? price, quality, appropriateness, efficiency Environment?? current and future WWW sites, vendors, shippers Actuators?? display to user, follow URL, fill in form Sensors?? HTML pages (text, graphics, scripts) Chapter 2 11

? current and future WWW sites, vendors, shippers Actuators?

12 Environment types Observable?? Deterministic?? Episodic?? Static?? Discrete?? Single-agent?? Solitaire Backgammon Internet shopping Taxi Chapter 2 12

13 Environment types Solitaire Backgammon Internet shopping Taxi Observable?? Yes Yes No No Deterministic?? Episodic?? Static?? Discrete?? Single-agent?? Chapter 2 13

14 Environment types Solitaire Backgammon Internet shopping Taxi Observable?? Yes Yes No No Deterministic?? Yes No Partly No Episodic?? Static?? Discrete?? Single-agent?? Chapter 2 14

15 Environment types Solitaire Backgammon Internet shopping Taxi Observable?? Yes Yes No No Deterministic?? Yes No Partly No Episodic?? No No No No Static?? Discrete?? Single-agent?? Chapter 2 15

16 Environment types Solitaire Backgammon Internet shopping Taxi Observable?? Yes Yes No No Deterministic?? Yes No Partly No Episodic?? No No No No Static?? Yes Semi Semi No Discrete?? Single-agent?? Chapter 2 16

17 Environment types Solitaire Backgammon Internet shopping Taxi Observable?? Yes Yes No No Deterministic?? Yes No Partly No Episodic?? No No No No Static?? Yes Semi Semi No Discrete?? Yes Yes Yes No Single-agent?? Chapter 2 17

? Yes No Partly No Episodic?? No No No No Static?

18 Environment types Solitaire Backgammon Internet shopping Taxi Observable?? Yes Yes No No Deterministic?? Yes No Partly No Episodic?? No No No No Static?? Yes Semi Semi No Discrete?? Yes Yes Yes No Single-agent?? Yes No Yes (except auctions) No The environment type largely determines the agent design The real world is (of course) partially observable, stochastic, sequential, dynamic, continuous, multi-agent Chapter 2 18

? Yes No Yes (except auctions) No The environment type largely determines the agent design The real world

19 Agent types Four basic types in order of increasing generality: simple reflex agents reflex agents with state goal-based agents utility-based agents All these can be turned into learning agents Chapter 2 19

state goal-based agents utility-based agents All

20 Simple reflex agents Agent Sensors Condition action rules What the world is like now What action I should do now Environment Actuators Chapter 2 20

21 Example function Reflex-Vacuum-Agent( [location,status]) returns an action if status = Dirty then return Suck else if location = A then return Right else if location = B then return Left (setq joe (make-agent :name joe :body (make-agent-body) :program (make-reflex-vacuum-agent-program))) (defun make-reflex-vacuum-agent-program () # (lambda (percept) (let ((location (first percept)) (status (second percept))) (cond ((eq status dirty) Suck) ((eq location A) Right) ((eq location B) Left))))) Chapter 2 21

22 Reflex agents with state State How the world evolves What my actions do Condition action rules Sensors What the world is like now What action I should do now Environment Agent Actuators Chapter 2 22

23 Example function Reflex-Vacuum-Agent( [location,status]) returns an action static: last A, last B, numbers, initially if status = Dirty then... (defun make-reflex-vacuum-agent-with-state-program () (let ((last-a infinity) (last-b infinity)) # (lambda (percept) (let ((location (first percept)) (status (second percept))) (incf last-a) (incf last-b) (cond ((eq status dirty) (if (eq location A) (setq last-a 0) (setq last-b 0)) Suck) ((eq location A) (if (> last-b 3) Right NoOp)) ((eq location B) (if (> last-a 3) Left NoOp))))))) Chapter 2 23

24 Goal-based agents State How the world evolves What my actions do Goals Sensors What the world is like now What it will be like if I do action A What action I should do now Environment Agent Actuators Chapter 2 24

25 Utility-based agents State How the world evolves What my actions do Utility Sensors What the world is like now What it will be like if I do action A How happy I will be in such a state What action I should do now Environment Agent Actuators Chapter 2 25

26 Performance standard Learning agents Critic Sensors feedback learning goals Learning element changes knowledge Performance element Environment Problem generator Agent Actuators Chapter 2 26

27 Summary Agents interact with environments through actuators and sensors The agent function describes what the agent does in all circumstances The performance measure evaluates the environment sequence A perfectly rational agent maximizes expected performance Agent programs implement (some) agent functions PEAS descriptions define task environments Environments are categorized along several dimensions: observable? deterministic? episodic? static? discrete? single-agent? Several basic agent architectures exist: reflex, reflex with state, goal-based, utility-based Chapter 2 27

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. Intelligent Agents

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Intelligent Agents Bernhard Beckert UNIVERSITÄT KOBLENZ-LANDAU Winter Term 2004/2005 B. Beckert: KI für IM p.1 Outline Agents and environments PEAS (Performance,