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This chapter introduces the concept of intelligent agent, analyses some of the issues and trends in developing them and presents a specific agent development approach. The presented approach, called Disciple, relies on . importing ontologies from existing repositories of knowledge, and on teaching the agent how to perform various tasks, in a way that resembles how an expert would teach a human apprentice when solving problems in cooperation.
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Tecuci, G., Boicu, M., Wright, K., Won Lee, S., Marcu, D., Bowman, M. (2000). A Tutoring Based Approach to the Development of Intelligent Agents. In: Teodorescu, HN., Mlynek, D., Kandel, A., Zimmermann, HJ. (eds) Intelligent Systems and Interfaces. International Series in Intelligent Technologies, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4401-2_1
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