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Many papers about agents mention BDI as a reference logical model for agents, but this model does not offer a thorough formal account of the connections between the different modalities of Beliefs, Desires and Intentions. Of course, work such as that of Rao and Georgeff [14] and of Cohen and Levesque [5] has pointed to some specific constraints, but does not offer a complete logical theory that explains all possible connections between, e.g., goals and intentions. Another point of concern often voiced is the long-standing gap between the BDI logical model and practical agent implementations. Judged by its applicability, it might seem that the BDI model is becoming less important, due to the looseness of its connection to practical systems, and because of its failure to guide research into implementation directions in any obviously useful way.
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Dignum, F., Kinny, D., Sonenberg, L. (2002). Motivational Attitudes of Agents: On Desires, Obligations, and Norms. In: Dunin-Keplicz, B., Nawarecki, E. (eds) From Theory to Practice in Multi-Agent Systems. CEEMAS 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2296. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45941-3_9
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