> An **agent** is an entity that acts or exerts power to produce an effect.
> An **intelligent agent** is an agent that percieves its environment, take actions autonomously in order to achieve goal, and may improve its performance with [[Learning]] or acquiring [[Knowledge]].
**Reflex Agent Diagram**^[[Agent | Wikipedia (2024)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_agent)]
This diagram is reminiscent of the [[OODA Loop]]
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## Agent-Based Model
An agent based model (ABM) is a computational model for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous agents.^[[Agent-Based Model | Wikipedia (2024)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent-based_model)]