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An Architecture for Policy-Aware Intentional Agents

Meyer, John Maximilian
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5490-1048
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619199523368049

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2021, Master of Computer Science, Miami University, Computer Science and Software Engineering.
The field of Artificial Intelligence is fundamentally about designing computer programs (called agents) in an architecture that they are empowered to make more complex decisions than what could be done before. One such decision area considers planning a sequence of actions to achieve a predetermined goal. Planning becomes more complex when the agent's environment changes, or when an agent's attempt to perform actions fails. While many agent architectures have been proposed to accomplish this kind of task before, the Architecture for Intentional Agents (AIA) seems most promising. However, AIA has limitations in a desirable decision area: AIA is incapable of determining whether actions conform to rules (called policies) provided by an external agent controller. Policies can be expressed in the Authorization and Obligation Policy Language (AOPL) as an allowance to perform an action (an authorization) or a requirement to perform an action (an obligation). We extend AIA such that it can reason over compliance with AOPL policies and abide by them. This extended architecture, called APIA, is evaluated by examples that demonstrate its policy compliance as well as by its runtime performance.
Daniela Inclezan, Ph.D (Advisor)
Alan Ferrenberg, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Matthew Stephan, Ph.D (Committee Member)
98 p.
Computer Science
intelligent agent; policy; logic programming

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  • Meyer, J. M. (2021). An Architecture for Policy-Aware Intentional Agents [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619199523368049

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Meyer, John. An Architecture for Policy-Aware Intentional Agents. 2021. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619199523368049.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Meyer, John. "An Architecture for Policy-Aware Intentional Agents." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619199523368049

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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