Apart from defining what an agent is and what it is aimed at, communication between agents and hence coordination are given a lot of concern. This is the object of the subsequent sub section. S. Franklin and A. Graesser. A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents. A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents.
Some agents are capable of transporting themselves to other locations.
This is beyond the scope of this paper, though. These properties are not mutually exclusive, and there is a wealth of philosophical aspects of agents, which I will not cover here. Stan Franklin and Art Graesser. A taxonomy for autonomous agents. In Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages, Springer-Verlag, 1996.