Explain the concept of a Problem-Solving Agent. How does it operate?

Answer:

A Problem-Solving Agent is a goal-based agent that decides actions by formulating and solving problems.

Components of a problem:

  • Initial state: Starting point.
  • Actions: Possible moves.
  • Transition model: Result of actions.
  • Goal test: Determines if goal is reached.
  • Path cost: Numeric cost function.

Operation:

  1. Formulate a goal.
  2. Formulate a problem.
  3. Search for a solution.
  4. Execute the solution actions.

This agent searches a state space and builds a search tree, where:

  • Nodes represent states.
  • Edges represent actions.

The objective is to find a sequence of actions that leads from the initial state to a goal state.

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