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Open AccessCombining rational and biological factors in virtual agent decision making
To enhance believability of virtual agents, this paper presents an agent-based modelling approach for decision making, which integrates rational reasoning based on means-end analysis with personal psychologica...
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Open AccessOn the reciprocal interaction between believing and feeling: an adaptive agent modelling perspective
An agent’s beliefs usually depend on informational or cognitive factors such as observation or received communication or reasoning, but also affective factors may play a role. In this paper, by adopting neurol...
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Incorporating Interdependency of Trust Values in Existing Trust Models for Trust Dynamics
Many models of trust consider the trust an agent has in another agent (the trustee) as the result of experiences with that specific agent in combination with certain personality attributes. For the case of mul...
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A Generic Personal Assistant Agent Model for Support in Demanding Tasks
Human task performance may vary depending on the characteristics of the human, the task and the environment over time. To ensure high effectiveness and efficiency of the execution of tasks, automated personal ...
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Open AccessA specification language for organisational performance indicators
A specification language for performance indicators and their relations and requirements is presented and illustrated for a case study in logistics. The language can be used in different forms, varying from in...
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Open AccessSpecification, analysis and simulation of the dynamics within an organisation
In this paper a modelling approach to the dynamics within a multi-agent organisation is presented. A declarative, executable specification language for dynamics within an organisation is proposed as a basis fo...
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Open AccessAn agent architecture for multi-attribute negotiation using incomplete preference information
A component-based generic agent architecture for multi-attribute (integrative) negotiation is introduced and its application is described in a prototype system for negotiation about cars, developed in cooperat...
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Open AccessA framework for formal modeling and analysis of organizations
A new, formal, role-based, framework for modeling and analyzing both real world and artificial organizations is introduced. It exploits static and dynamic properties of the organizational model and includes th...
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Augmented Metacognition Addressing Dynamic Allocation of Tasks Requiring Visual Attention
This paper discusses the use of cognitive models as augmented metacognition on task allocation for tasks requiring visual attention. In the domain of naval warfare, the complex and dynamic nature of the enviro...
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Integration of Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects in Agent-Based Simulation of a Violent Psychopath
In the analysis of criminal behaviour, a combination of biological, psychological and social aspects may be taken into account. Dynamical modelling methods developed in recent years often address these aspects...
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A Logical Theory of Design
Design tasks typically deal with incomplete information and involve flexible reasoning patterns for which sophisticated control strategies are needed. As a result, the reasoning patterns are highly dynamic and...
