Task-sensitive Adaptability for Software Agents

– We present a model of an adaptive software agent. An agent implementing the model is capable of adjusting itself to different environments that may have features new to the agent. We explicate some of the properties we feel are useful for adaptability. The basic adaptability features could be abstracted to virtually any kind of agent—artificial or living one—that acts in heterogeneous environments. As an example, we consider a software agent functioning in a web environment, especially in the Semantic Web. The underlying idea is to defend adaptability as an important property for software agents. We concentrate particularly on the adaptation to domain-specific tasks. Key-Words: – Agent, ontology, adaptability, task, communication