Intentional state-ascription in multi-agent systems: A case study in unmanned underwater vehicles

Abstract

Recently, considerable attention in AI research has been paid to multi-agent systems, or systems that comprise multiple intelligent or semi-intelligent agents interacting with one another. Agents in multi-agent systems are regularly described using the language of intentional states, or states which refer to or are about something outside themselves. Examples of intentional states include, but are not limited to, goals, beliefs and desires.