1. INTELLIGENT AGENTS Properties of intelligent agents
autonomy - ability to perform tasks and decisions without direct intervention of humans
social ability, ability to interact with humans and agents
responsiveness, the ability to perceive the environment and respond to changes

2. proactiveness, the ability to take initiative and to exibit goal-directed behavior
adaptability, the ability of an agent to modify its behavior
mobility, the ability to change physical location
veracity, assumption of no false information
rationality, ability to perform reasonably

3. Lastnosti - Pattie Maes
opazuje uporabnika
dobiva povratne informacije od uporabnika
dobiva neposredna navodila od uporabnika
pridobiva izkušnje iz okolja
agent in uporabnik komunicirata, nadzorujeta, izvajata opravila
se uči glede na interese, navade in želje uporab.

4. Lastnosti - Etzioni
avtonomija pri izvajanju opravil: sprejema zahtevne naloge od uporabnika, modificira zahteve, izvaja prilagodljiva opravila, sam začne izvajati opravila
časovna kontinuiteta - stalno deluje
osebnost
zmožnost komunikacije
prilagodljivost uporabniku
mobilnost

5. “Simple rules”
does it perform typical user-oriented functions (insurance agent)
autonomy - performs actions on its own (yes) - is prediction of actions possible (no)
adapts to each specific user - different reactions for the same error
works all the time, looks around (mobile)
data - information - knowledge

6. Lastnosti agentov
dokaj splošne definicije - noben sistem nima vseh lastnosti agentov - sistemi imajo več ali manj lastnosti agentov - meja ni točno definirana
“agent” je nekoliko drugačen program
podobne relacije: nestrukturno > strukturno programiranje; modularno > objektno; informacijski sistemi > ekspertni sistemi; podatki > informacije > znanje

7. Kategorije agentov; Etzioni
sovozniki v taksiju - svetujejo, kje zaviti
voznik taksija, ki pelje po navodilih uporabnika
tajnica oz. asistent, ki sprejme nalogo in jo samostojno izvede

8. Examples of agents
Internet - filtering, browsing; 60 agents on
PC - system agents, Office’97

9. Slovenian agents 1993 IOI, interface VAX/VMS; B. Hribovšek, M. Gams
1996 EMA, an employment agent for Slovenia on Internet, M. Gams, A. Karalič, M. Grobelnik, M. Drobnič, P. Golob; National Employment Office
1998 Personal WebWatcher, D. Mladenič

10. EMA - EMployment Agent

11. An Internet Agent

12. An Agent of Agents

13. Communication with anybody on the Net
EMA observes a user communicating with an employment database through a form
EMA repeats the query
EMA modifies the query
EMA “sucks” the database
EMA reads any Internet employment database

14. CONCLUSION
Intelligent agents are among the most prospective new SW breeds; even now world record holders
Intelligent agents represents a marriage between AI, intelligent systems, and information society