An opportunist action selection mechanism which has taste 1

We propose an action selection mechanism (ASM) for situated and cognitive multi-agent systems authorizing a large variety of behaviours. Our action selection allows, first, the management of several goals with dynamic priorities. Second, it enables the possibility for the agent to be temporarily diverted from its main goal in order to achieve a secondary goal promoted by the environment. Third, it directs the choice of the runnable action according to the preferences of the agent. In that purpose, our action selection mechanism takes into account five factors: dynamic priority goals, opportunism, agent taste, multi-goal revalorisation and inertia.