DocumentCode
1369180
Title
Agent jurisprudence
Author
Huhns, Michael N. ; Singh, Munindar P.
Author_Institution
South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
Volume
2
Issue
2
fYear
1998
Firstpage
90
Lastpage
91
Abstract
The agent metaphor comes packaged with a number of powerful abstractions. Some of these are psychological, such as beliefs, knowledge, and intentions-abstractions that were traditionally studied in AI. However, there are a number of other abstractions that the agent metaphor brings to the fore. Of these, one has been emphasizing the social abstractions. Close cousins of the social abstractions are the ethical and legal abstractions. These too are being recognized as increasingly important in developing agents that are not only sociable, but also well behaved
Keywords
social aspects of automation; software agents; agent metaphor; beliefs; ethical abstractions; intentions; knowledge; legal abstractions; psychological abstractions; social abstractions; Artificial intelligence; Contracts; Ethics; Humans; Immune system; Internet; Law; Legal factors; Packaging; Psychology;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7801
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/4236.670692
Filename
670692
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