Re: one type of agent versus many...

[Ken Cline]

On Fri, 26 Sep 1997 address@hidden wrote:

> Is there any problem with having lots of different kinds of agents
> instead of just having the catagorization inside of a kind of agent
> ie:
> Many: agent A, agent B, agent C, agent D,...
> One type:  agent X (status A,B,C,D...)
> 
> Any thoughts?

Of course, it is more or less what makes sense to you.  
One criteria that I use: is Agent B approx. Agent A with
different parameter values?  Or does Agent B have a extra
attribute or functionality that makes it "unique" from 
Agent A?

If agents A-D can be represented by a single Agent X with
a "status" attribute the only thing separating them then
for coding effiency reasons I would think having "one type"
would be preferable.

My $0.02.

Ken.

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