12 Questions
What is the primary objective of the Facilitator in the OAA architecture?
To maintain a list of available provider agents and a set of general strategies for meeting goals
What is the purpose of 'meta-agents' in the OAA architecture?
To contain domain- or goal-specific knowledge and strategies that are used as an aid by the Facilitator
What is the primary function of 'application agents' in the OAA architecture?
To provide services as wrapped versions of legacy programs
What is the purpose of the 'Inter-agent Communication Language (ICL)' in the OAA architecture?
To allow agents to publish their capabilities and communicate requests among themselves
What is the purpose of 'user interface agents' in the OAA architecture?
To accept multimodal input and present results to users
What is the primary advantage of the OAA architecture's approach to agent interactions?
It allows for new or different agents to be added or replaced on the fly without requiring reprogramming
What is a distinguishing feature of the OAA model?
Its delegated computing model that allows expressing requests in terms of what is to be done
What is the role of the Facilitator agent in the OAA model?
To coordinate the activities of agents to achieve higher-level problem-solving objectives
What are some of the benefits of the OAA's delegation model?
Reducing complexity for users and agents by relieving them of responsibilities like interfacing, task planning, and execution monitoring
Which of the following is not mentioned as a characteristic of OAA in the text?
Requiring the specification of who will do the work and how it should be performed
What is the example provided in the text about?
A requester delegating control for meeting a goal to the Facilitator agent
What is the main purpose of the OAA's delegation model?
To relieve human and software agents from some of the responsibilities of interfacing, task planning, and execution monitoring
Explore the similarities between OAA and distributed computing models, including networked applications, rich interactions, and dynamic communities. Learn about the delegated computing model that allows human users and software agents to express requests.
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