efficient+agent
11efficient cause — The working cause; that cause which produces effects or results. An intervening cause, which produces results which would not have come to pass except for its interposition, and for which, therefore, the person who set in motion the original… …
12efficient cause — The working cause; that cause which produces effects or results. An intervening cause, which produces results which would not have come to pass except for its interposition, and for which, therefore, the person who set in motion the original… …
13Efficient cause — Cause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. [1913 Webster] Cause is substance exerting its… …
14efficient — adj. 1 productive with minimum waste or effort. 2 (of a person) capable; acting effectively. Phrases and idioms: efficient cause Philos. an agent that brings a thing into being or initiates a change. Derivatives: efficiently adv. Etymology: ME f …
15efficient cause — noun : the immediate agent in the production of an effect I have a free morning, and this is the efficient cause of the chance for talk with you H.J.Laski …
16efficient cause — noun Philosophy an agent that brings a thing into being or initiates a change …
17Principal-agent problem — In political science and economics, the principal agent problem or agency dilemma treats the difficulties that arise under conditions of incomplete and asymmetric information when a principal hires an agent. Various mechanisms may be used to try… …
18Conversational agent — Conversational agents (CAs) are communication technologies that utilize natural language and computational linguistic techniques to engage users in human like, Web based “dialogs.” They can support a broad range of applications in business… …
19Dumb agent theory — The dumb agent theory (DAT) states that many people making individual buying and selling decisions will better reflect true value than any one individual can. In finance this theory is predicated on the efficient market hypothesis (EMH). One of… …
20effective, efficient, effectual — Effective refers to something that has the power to produce, or that actually does produce, an effect or result: This medicine is an effective remedy for acid indigestion. Efficient implies the use of energy, skill, or industry to accomplish a… …
