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What is the primary objective of the Facilitator in the OAA architecture?

To provide a user interface for agents to communicate with each other
To execute tasks independently without the need for coordination
To translate user requests into the Inter-agent Communication Language (ICL)
To maintain a list of available provider agents and a set of general strategies for meeting goals (correct)

What is the purpose of 'meta-agents' in the OAA architecture?

To execute tasks independently without the need for coordination
To translate user requests into the Inter-agent Communication Language (ICL)
To contain domain- or goal-specific knowledge and strategies that are used as an aid by the Facilitator (correct)
To provide multimodal input and present results to users

What is the primary function of 'application agents' in the OAA architecture?

To accept multimodal input and present results to users
To coordinate the efforts of other agents using domain knowledge
To provide services as wrapped versions of legacy programs (correct)
To translate user requests into the Inter-agent Communication Language (ICL)

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 (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of 'user interface agents' in the OAA architecture?

To accept multimodal input and present results to users (B) Signup and view all the answers

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 (C) Signup and view all the answers

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 (C) Signup and view all the answers

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 (B) Signup and view all the answers

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 (C) Signup and view all the answers

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 (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the example provided in the text about?

A requester delegating control for meeting a goal to the Facilitator agent (B) Signup and view all the answers

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 (D) Signup and view all the answers

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