Homer: "Agent Time"

Description

• Homer keeps an agent time, which is the number of seconds elapsed since 1-JAN-1900
• The agent time factor can be altered, causing agent time to pass faster or slower than real time
• Relative temporal references are translated into the appropriate interval of agent time
• Each record in the episodic memory is labeled with a time tag, which allows querying about the agent's past actions
• Agent time also permits temporal planning and reasoning wherein actions can be assigned a time at which they are to be executed