Construction of BDI agents from CBR systems

Abstract

This paper shows how deliberative agents can be built by means of a case-based reasoning system. The concept of deliberative agent is introduced and the case-based reasoning model is presented. Once the advantages and disadvantages of such agents have been discussed, it will be shown to solve some of their inconvenients, especially those related to their implementation and adaption. The World WIde Web has emerged as one of the most popular vehicle for disseminating and sharing information through computer networks, a distributed agent-based solution for e-business, in which such agents have been used, is also presented and evaluated in this paper.