On the use of reduction relations to relate different types of agent models

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Treur, Jan

Affiliations: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Agent Systems Research Group, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, E-mail: [email protected], URL: http://www.cs.vu.nl/˝treur

Abstract: This paper focuses on relationships between agent models and their physical realisations. Approaches on reduction from philosophical literature are analysed in a formalised manner, and extended by incorporating context-dependency w.r.t. specific makeups for their realisations. It is shown how these context-dependent reduction approaches can be translated into each other and how they can be applied to relate agent models.

Keywords: Reduction relation, agent model, context-dependent, bridge law, interpretation mapping, functional reduction

DOI: 10.3233/WIA-2011-0207

Journal: Web Intelligence and Agent Systems: An International Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 81-95, 2011