In General
Each architecture was analysed in terms of the environments it could live in. The environment can be viewed from several dimensions: Amount of dynamic behavior, complexity, predictability of changes to environment, whether the environment is real or simulated, tolerance to noise in sensors and actuators, and tolerance of imperfect world-state knowledge.
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Dynamic/static
Can the environment change independent of the situated agent?Dynamic
Not dynamic (or severly limited dynamicity)
Complexity
Can the agent function in complex environments?Complex
Simple (or limited complexity)
Predictablility
Must changes in the environment be predictable by the agent?Predictablity required
Unpredictablity allowed
Real/simulated
In what types of environments has the agent been tested or developed?
Real
Simulated
Noise Tolerance
In what tolerance does the agent have to noise in the environment or sensors?Noise Tolerant
Little or no noise tolerance
Noise not an issue
Perfect Knowledge Requirements
Can the agent deal with imperfect knowledge gracefully?
Tolerant of imperfect knowledge
Knowledge not an issue
Perfect knowledge Required
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None