2 INTELLIGENT AGENTS In which we discuss what an intelligent agent does‚ how it is related to its environment‚ how it is evaluated‚ and how we might go about building one. 2.1 INTRODUCTION An agent is anything that can be viewed as perceiving its environment through sensors and acting upon that environment through effectors. A human agent has eyes‚ ears‚ and other organs for sensors‚ and hands‚ legs‚ mouth‚ and other body parts for effectors. A robotic agent substitutes cameras and infrared
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cake-making recipe would include ingredients such as baking powder‚ flour‚ eggs‚ sugar‚ butter‚ salt. So what happens in order to make a cake rise? The rising of a cake occurs when baking powder or baking soda is added. These ingredients are cake raising agents which release carbon dioxide‚ allowing the cake to rise. Baking powder (a white powder) is a dry chemical ingredient used in the making of a cake. It consists of sodium bicarbonate (an alkali)‚ acid salt (such as tartaric acid) and starch that
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Chapter 1 Midnight in the deserts of Afghanistan‚ at an Al-Qaida training camp. Gunshots echo throughout the camp. Young boys come running out of dust covered tents. Together they number fifty. All of them were half asleep and hungry‚ shivering in the ice cold night air. The story of these boys is the same. They were taken from their families at an early age and brought here. One in particular stands out; he is the son of a general who fights Al-Qaida‚ and serves the President of Afghanistan
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1. What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? Hepatitis A is cause by the Hepatitis A virus. The Hepatitis A virus causes an inflammation of the liver. 2. How is the infectious agent transmitted through food or water? The Hepatitis A virus is found most commonly in the stools and blood of an infected person about 15 to 45 days before symptoms occur and during the first week of illness. Hepatitis A is transmitted through eating or drinking water that has been
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classic novel‚ A Clockwork Orange. The compelling speeches display a significant level of hope and optimism by creating a distinctive‚ reasoning and humble voice that addresses issues of inequality and racial conflict; and by outlining their intention of unifying and motivating the nation in order to create change and a more prosperous future. This allows a greater understanding of people and the world‚ and can be compared to the ever-changing voice portrayed in A Clockwork Orange. John F. Kennedy once
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problem: A data distributor has given sensitive data to a set of supposedly trusted agents (third parties). Some of the data are leaked and found in an unauthorized place (e.g.‚ on the web or somebody’s laptop). The distributor must assess the likelihood that the leaked data came from one or more agents‚ as opposed to having been independently gathered by other means. We propose data allocation strategies (across the agents) that improve the probability of identifying leakages. These methods do not rely
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Women as agents of change INTRODUCTION Throughout most of Western and African history‚ women were confined to the domestic sphere‚ while public life was reserved for men. Women were denied the right to own property‚ to education‚ or to participate in public life. Women can change the institutional imbalances in society through advocacy‚ lobbying and activism. This paper therefore seeks to discuss in detail how women can be agents of change in all institutions that govern their lives through venturing
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SHOE DEODORIZER MADE WITH CITRUS AURANTIUM AND CHARCOAL WITH AND WITHOUT LAVANDULA DENTATA LEAVES A Research Paper Submitted to Mrs. Lowell R. Somoso In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Science Research B Jamella Canon Marionne Rivero Jomalyn Yao March 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Approval Sheet i Acknowledgement ii Abstract iii I. Introduction A. Background of the Study
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Darren Page Throughout the 20 years of my life‚ there have been many Agents of Socialization. From the start‚ my Mother was the one who shaped my beliefs and behavior as a child. At a very young age‚ since I was the only child‚ and she was a single parent‚ she taught me almost everything I needed to know as a kid. At that point in time‚ she was my Mother and my Father. She taught me various values‚ such as‚ the values of working hard to get what I want‚ and the values of doing the right thing
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1. What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Giardia is protozoan and also flagellated. Flagellated means using appendages in a whip-like movement to propel. Giardia attaches to the host through the lining of the upper intestines. Once it attaches itself‚ it begins to feed and reproduce causing the giardiasis to commence. Giardia reproduces by dividing itself‚ which defines it as a trophozoite. This process
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