In automated negotiation systems consisting of self-interested agents, contracts have traditionally been binding. Leveled commitment contracts--i.e., contracts where each party ca...
— Wireless networks have become a ubiquitous reality and ever more surround our everyday activities. They form and disappear around us spontaneously and have become new means for...
Abstract. In a society, we have many forms of relations with other people from home, work or school. These relationships give rise to a social network. People in a social network r...
Teaching is inherently a social interaction between teacher and student. Despite this knowledge, many educational tools, such as vocabulary training programs, still model the inte...
Martin Saerbeck, Tom Schut, Christoph Bartneck, Ma...
For my dissertation, I am designing, implementing and evaluating the use of a new kind of "authorable" virtual peer that allows children with autism to learn about recip...