Rational agents An agent is an entity that perceives and acts ● This course is about designing rational agents ● Abstractly,an agent is a function from percept histories to actions: [fP*→A列 For any given class of environments and tasks, we seek the agent (or class of agents)with the best performanceRational agents • An agent is an entity that perceives and acts • • This course is about designing rational agents • • Abstractly, an agent is a function from percept histories to actions: • [f: P* → A] • For any given class of environments and tasks, we seek the agent (or class of agents) with the best performance • • Caveat: computational limitations make perfect