Measures for evaluating the software agent pro-activity

Abstract

This paper is part of research aimed at determining and evaluating software agent quality considering an agent's distinctive characteristics, like social ability, autonomy, pro-activity, etc. We present a study of the pro-activity characteristic, regarded as the software agent's goal-driven behavioral ability to take the initiative and satisfy its design goals. We establish attributes associated with this characteristic and set out measures enabling its global evaluation. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.