Authors: Carson Woo, Kafui Monu, Yair Wand
Tags: 2005, agent-based simulation, conceptual modelling, ontologies
Intelligent agents have been used in many applications
because they provide useful integrated features that are
not available in “traditional” types of software. Although
the usefulness of agents is in having such capabilities,
methods and tools for developing them have focused on
practical physical representation rather than accurate
conceptualizations of these functions. Like other
computer systems, intelligent agents usually represent
some real world phenomena. Consequently, intelligent
agents should closely mimic the reality in which they are
based. In the physical sciences, a conceptual model of a
problem can lead to better theories and explanations about
the area. Therefore, we propose a conceptual
representation of intelligent agents which will bridge the
gap between the real world and the physical
representation used to implement the agents. To test the
usefulness and practicality of the proposed conceptual
model, we apply it to a marketing problem and implement
it in an agent-based programming environment.
Cite as:
Monu K., Wand Y., Woo C. (2005). “Intelligent Agents as a Modelling Paradigm,” in AIS SIGSAND 2005, Cincinnati, OHIO, United States, April 23-24, 2005.
