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In this chapter, we’ll begin describing a very important field of study in the world of AI: agents. Nowadays, agents represent an area of strong interest for many subfields of computer science and AI. They are being used in a great number of applications, ranging from comparatively small systems such as email filters to complex, colossal systems such as air traffic control.

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Pérez Castaño, A. (2018). Agents. In: Practical Artificial Intelligence. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3357-3_3

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