Problem Solving Agent

An agent that plans ahead. Considers a sequence of actions that form a path to a goal state. Uses atomic representation.

Searching

The computational process undertaken by a problem-solving agent.

Process

Goal formulation

Goals organize behavior by limiting the objectives and hence the actions to be considered.

Problem formulation

The agent devises a description of the states and actions necessary to reach the goal.

Search

Before taking any action in the real world, the agent simulates sequences of actions in its model, searching until it finds a sequence of actions that reaches the goal (solution).

Execution

The agent can now execute the actions in the solution, one at a time.