Reasoning Agent

AKA: Rational/Calculating Agent.
Context:
- It can range from being a Unconscious Reasoning Agent to being an Conscious Reasoning Agent.
- It can range from being an Unintelligent Reasoning Agent to being an Intelligent Reasoning Agent.
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Example(s):
- a Rational Economic Agent.
- a Rational Human.
- a Reasoning Machine.
- an agent who does not fall for the Conjunction Fallacy.
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Counter-Example(s):
- an Instinctual Agent, such as an Impulsive Human.
See: Reasoning, Self-Interested Agent, Software Agent.

References

(Irshad et al., 2022) ⇒ M.Z. Irshad, N.C. Mithun, Z. Seymour, and others. (2022). “Semantically-aware Spatio-temporal Reasoning Agent for Vision-and-Language Navigation in Continuous 3D Environments.” In: 2022 26th.
- NOTE: It presents a novel approach for the Vision-and-Language Navigation (VLN) task in continuous 3D environments, which requires an autonomous agent to follow natural language instructions.

(Velástegui, 2020) ⇒ P.G. Velástegui. (2020). “The Reasoning Agent: Agency in the Capability Approach and Some Implications for Development Research and Practice.” In: Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de.
- NOTE: It focuses on the concept of a reasoning agent in the capability approach, highlighting its importance for inquiry, including the philosophy of science.

(Lindner & Bentzen, 2017) ⇒ F. Lindner, and M.M. Bentzen. (2017). “The Hybrid Ethical Reasoning Agent IMMANUEL.” In: Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017.
- NOTE: It introduces a software library that supports the implementation of hybrid ethical reasoning agents (HERA), aiming to make moral principles accessible to robots.

(Floyd et al., 2017) ⇒ M.W. Floyd, J. Karneeb, P. Moore, and D.W. Aha. (2017). “A Goal Reasoning Agent for Controlling UAVs in Beyond-Visual-Range Air Combat.” In: IJCAI.
- NOTE: It details a significant improvement in controlling UAVs in beyond-visual-range air combat using a goal reasoning agent, highlighting successes over scripted agents.

(Kahneman, 2011) ⇒ Daniel Kahneman. (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow." Macmillan. ISBN:0374533555
- QUOTE: ... Bruno Frey barely recalls writing the piece, but I can still recite its first sentence: “The agent of economic theory is rational, selfish, and his tastes do not change.” ...

(Haarslev & Möller, 2003) ⇒ Volker Haarslev, and Ralf Möller. (2003). “Racer: An owl reasoning agent for the semantic web.” In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Applications, Products and Services of Web-based Support Systems.
(Haarslev & Möller, 2003) ⇒ Volker Haarslev, and Ralf Möller. (2003). “Racer: A Core Inference Engine for the Semantic Web." In EON, vol. 87.