Reasoning about agents that we observe in the world is challenging. Our available information is often limited to observations of the agent’s external behavior in the past and p...
H. Van Dyke Parunak, Sven Brueckner, Robert S. Mat...
This paper aims at proposing a general formal framework for dialogue between autonomous agents which are looking for a common agreement about a collective choice. The proposed set...
To be sociable, embodied interactive agents like virtual characters or humanoid robots need to be able to engage in mutual coordination of behaviors, beliefs, and relationships wit...
Stefan Kopp, Kirsten Bergmann, Hendrik Buschmeier,...
The ability to communicate is one of the salient properties of agents. Although a number of agent communication languages (ACLs) have been developed, obtaining a suitable formal se...
We discuss issues in designing virtual humans for applications which require long-term voluntary use, and the problem of maintaining engagement with users over time. Concepts and t...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Daniel Schulman, Langxuan Yin