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the division of the
environment through
the distinction of the
area of the agent's
mind
the agent's
mind
environment
Fig. 3.3
Schema of the division of the environment into the part which belongs and the part which
does not belong to the agent
3.3.2 A Model of the M-agent—Informal Approach
Considering the agent system we may precisely specify the above classification by
using the following division of the environment from the point of view of a given
agent (Fig.
3.3
):
•
The environment which includes resources, the space which enables the agent to
move as well as other agents operating in the environment and generally speaking,
some parts of a given agent.
•
The mind of a given agent in which it uses the “reasoning”, i.e., analyzes the state
of the environment, makes a decision. The elements of this “mind” are treated by
the agent on different principles from those of the environment, constituting the
private property of a given agent.
The contact of these two domains:
environment-mind of an agent
provides a basis
for the existence and activity of the agent, as well as a source of inspiration for
undertaking its own activity.
The agent is in its surrounding environment
v
. The events
e
v
(and rather
e
v
k
) take place in this environment and change it (its properties). The
agent's mind is a place in which the operation of making decisions by the agent
is realized, concerning its behavior in its surrounding environment. The communi-
cators between the environment and the mind are two operations: the operation of
observation (
I
) and the operation of the realization of strategy (
X
). In the area of the
agent's mind we may distinguish the model of the environment—
m
, created within
the activity of the model of the agent
m
, strategies
s
, which the agent may apply
within its activity in the environment, and the function of the goal
q
used for the
assessment of the planned activity.
v
1
,
e
v
2
,...,
e
