7 Jan 2004
CS 3243 - Lecture 1b
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Rational agents
lAn agent should strive
to "do the right thing", based on what it can perceive and the actions it can perform. The
right action is the one that will
cause the agent to be most
successful
lPerformance measure:
An objective criterion for success of
an agent's behavior
lE.g., performance
measure of a vacuum-cleaner agent could
be amount of dirt cleaned up, amount of time taken, amount of electricity consumed, amount of noise generated, etc.