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subagent

subagent

6.5
A small program a main agent uses to do certain tasks and watch events
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : subagente
  • In our software, the subagent performs specific tasks, such as parsing financial data from reports.
  • EDGAR subagent
  • ticker subagent

Examples

  • The EDGAR subagent is designed to monitor events in financial filings consistently.

  • On the other hand, the ticker subagent's task is much simpler: to choose the most likely ticker symbol for a given string representing a company name.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The EDGAR subagent implements an elaborate logic for exception handling.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Although these rules are quite simple, and thus the ticker subagent intelligence is rudimentary, very often the resulting best match is exactly the right ticker.

    Academic text (2005)

  • To achieve a high level of accuracy requires implementing a tremendous amount of parsing logic in the code of the EDGAR subagent.

    Academic text (2005)

  • In the current implementation of the EDGAR subagent, a unified parsing subroutine is developed that parses all the line items in exactly the same way.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Therefore, the subagent determines whether the filing is EDGAR or is not in HTML and chooses the parsing procedures accordingly.

    Academic text (2005)

  • After a particular financial statement is extracted, it is parsed by the EDGAR subagent to identify all the line items, their balances, and their aggregation structure.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The parsing procedures in the EDGAR subagent are heuristic algorithms that simulate the results of information processing by an intelligent reader of the SEC filings.

    Academic text (2005)

  • After the user selects a 10-K or 10-Q filing for analysis, FRAANK uses its ticker subagent to identify the ticker symbol of the company, which is needed for obtaining the stock quotes and EPS forecasts.

    Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

agent
vssubagent
  • Specialized
14 6.6

A computer program that works on its own to do tasks for a user or system

works under a main controller and follows its instructions rather than acting independently
submodule
vssubagent
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A smaller part of a larger program or system that works alone

is a subordinate program running under a main controller, not merely a structural part

How Autonomous

agent
  • Specialized
14 6.6
subagent
  • Specialized
6.5
module
101 3.7
plugin
  • Specialized
33 3.5

Surface Forms

subagent singular
subagents plural

Morphology

subagent = agent (transparent) = sub + agent

The software sense is an extension of 'agent' (a program that acts) with 'sub-' indicating a subordinate component, a transparent technical metaphor.

Etymology

Subagent comes from sub- 'under' and agent 'one who acts for another'. In computing, a subagent is a smaller program that works under a main agent to do specific jobs or watch parts of a system, so it is an 'under-agent' in software as well.