Observations

When an agent wants to analyse some part of its environment, it performs an observation. An agent makes exactly one observation each cycle, before it performs its action (see section 3.6).

An observation returns an integer value between zero and some maximum. This value can be interpreted in a few ways: it might be meaning a low, medium or high value for something like health; or few, some, or many food items around. Observations can also be interpreted as Boolean answers to questions about the environment. The major types of observations are now described.