7. Hybrid Agents

Question 1

Hybrid architectures
. Agent must have both ___ and ___ behaviors
. The reactive subsystem is given some kind of ___ over the deliberative subsystem
. ___ architecture

Answer 1

. Reactive / Deliberative
. Precedence
. Layered

Question 2

Horizontal layering
Layers are directly connected to the ___ input and ___ output
Each layer itself acts like an ___, producing suggestions on what ___ to perform

Answer 2

Sensory
Action
Agent
Action

Question 3

Vertical layering

Sensory input and action output are each dealt with by at most ___ layer each

Answer 3

One

Question 4

Advantages of hybrid architectures:

1. Allows for ___ combined with ___
2. ___ can be privileged in relation to ___
3. Knowledge about the world can be ___ into ___
4. Different levels of ___

Answer 4

1. Real-time response / goal oriented-behavior
2. Reactivity / deliberation
3. subdivided / layers
4. abstraction

Question 5

Disadvantages of hybrid architectures:

1. vertical layering: ___ and ___
2. horizontal layering: ___ of ___
3. Interactions between ___ are difficult to ___ and to ___

Answer 5

1. bottlenecks and fault intolerance
2. complexity of decision making
3. layers / program / test