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Autonomy is one of the most notable attributes of agency, and this paper presents a formal framework for modelling it. By representing the mental states of agents, we provide an analysis of some attributes of autonomy. In particular, we define three sorts of autonomous agents and examine their structure. We also outline features of higher autonomy. Our framework can be a basis for classifying hierarchies of autonomy of agency.
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Zhang, D., Foo, N. (2000). Autonomy of Autonomous Agents. In: Mizoguchi, R., Slaney, J. (eds) PRICAI 2000 Topics in Artificial Intelligence. PRICAI 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1886. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44533-1_34
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