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title: "Implementing BDI-like Systems by Direct Execution"
authors:
  - "Michael Fisher"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1997/47"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1997/0047.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1997
pages: "316-320"
track: "Cognitive Modeling"
keywords:
---

# Implementing BDI-like Systems by Direct Execution

Michael Fisher

*Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 316-320.

## Abstract

While the Belief, Desire, Intention (BDI) framework is one of the most influential and appealing approaches to rational agent architectures, a gulf often exists between the high-level BDI model and its practical realisation. In contrast, the Concurrent METATEM language, being based upon executable formal specifications, presents a close link between the theory and implementation, yet lacks some of the features considered central to the representation of rational agents. In this paper, we introduce a hybrid approach combining the direct execution of Concurrent METATEM with elements of rationality from the BDI framework. We show how this system can capture a range of agent behaviours, while retaining many of the advantages of executable specifications.