Defining AI Agents: A Compendium of Criteria, Metrics, and Benchmarks

arXiv:2609.11018 · cs.AI, cs.MA · Submitted 2026-09-10 · Read on arXiv

cs.AI, cs.MA

Submitted: 2026-09-10

Updated: 2026-09-10

Comments: Agent Compendium: agent.duketrustlab.com

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Benchmark — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• AI Agents — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Adaptation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

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