ai.worlds
Class Agent

java.lang.Object
  ai.worlds.Agent

Direct Known Subclasses:

VacuumAgent, WumpusAgent

public abstract class Agent

extends java.lang.Object

A generic agent. All agents must implement determineAction and takeAction methods

Author:

Jill Zimmerman -- jill.zimmerman@goucher.edu

Field Summary

java.lang.String	action The current action
AgentBody	body The body of the agent
java.lang.Object	percept The current percept
int	score The current score

Constructor Summary

Agent()

Method Summary

abstract void	determineAction() Determines the next action to be taken by the agent.
abstract void	takeAction(Environment e) Perfom the current action.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

body

public AgentBody body

The body of the agent

score

public int score

The current score

percept

public java.lang.Object percept

The current percept

action

public java.lang.String action

The current action

Constructor Detail

Agent

public Agent()

Method Detail

determineAction

public abstract void determineAction()

Determines the next action to be taken by the agent. The action is stored as a string in the field 'action'.

takeAction

public abstract void takeAction(Environment e)

Perfom the current action.

Parameters:

e - is the environment the agent is within