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This paper is part of research aimed at determining and evaluating software agent quality considering an agent’s distinctive characteristics, like social ability, autonomy, pro-activity, etc. We present a study of the pro-activity characteristic, regarded as the software agent’s goal-driven behavioral ability to take the initiative and satisfy its design goals. We establish attributes associated with this characteristic and set out measures enabling its global evaluation.
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Alonso, F., Fuertes, J.L., Martínez, L., Soza, H. (2011). Measures for Evaluating the Software Agent Pro-Activity. In: Gelenbe, E., Lent, R., Sakellari, G., Sacan, A., Toroslu, H., Yazici, A. (eds) Computer and Information Sciences. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 62. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9794-1_12
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