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Structuring Agents for Adaptation

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Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2002, AAMAS 2001)

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Agents need to be able to adapt to the dynamic nature of the environments in which they operate. Automated adaptation is an option that is only feasible if enough structure is provided. This paper describes a component-based structure within which dependencies between components are made explicit. An example of a simple web-page analysis agent is used to illustrate the structuring principles and elements.

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    Sander van Splunter, Niek J. E. Wijngaards & Frances M. T. Brazier

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van Splunter, S., Wijngaards, N.J.E., Brazier, F.M.T. (2003). Structuring Agents for Adaptation. In: Alonso, E., Kudenko, D., Kazakov, D. (eds) Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. AAMAS AAMAS 2002 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2636. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44826-8_11

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