aima.core.agent

Interface Agent

All Superinterfaces:

EnvironmentObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAgent, HybridWumpusAgent, KBAgent, LRTAStarAgent, MapAgent, ModelBasedReflexVacuumAgent, NondeterministicVacuumAgent, OnlineDFSAgent, PassiveADPAgent, PassiveTDAgent, ProblemSolvingAgent, QLearningAgent, ReflexVacuumAgent, ReinforcementAgent, SearchAgent, SimpleMapAgent, SimpleProblemSolvingAgent, SimpleReflexVacuumAgent, TableDrivenVacuumAgent

public interface Agent
extends EnvironmentObject

Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach (3rd Edition): Figure 2.1, page 35.
Figure 2.1 Agents interact with environments through sensors and actuators.

Author:

Ravi Mohan, Ciaran O'Reilly

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Action	execute(Percept percept) Call the Agent's program, which maps any given percept sequences to an action.
boolean	isAlive() Life-cycle indicator as to the liveness of an Agent.
void	setAlive(boolean alive) Set the current liveness of the Agent.

Method Detail

execute

Action execute(Percept percept)

Call the Agent's program, which maps any given percept sequences to an action.

Parameters:

percept - The current percept of a sequence perceived by the Agent.

Returns:

the Action to be taken in response to the currently perceived percept.

isAlive

boolean isAlive()

Life-cycle indicator as to the liveness of an Agent.

Returns:

true if the Agent is to be considered alive, false otherwise.

setAlive

void setAlive(boolean alive)

Set the current liveness of the Agent.

Parameters:

alive - set to true if the Agent is to be considered alive, false otherwise.