Social insect societies consist of individuals with simple behavior, yet at the collective level the societies are capable of solving complex tasks. These tasks span a wide range,...
We model social choice problems in which self interested agents with private utility functions have to agree on values for a set of variables subject to side constraints. The goal...
1 Robust behavior in complex, dynamic environments mandates that intelligent agents autonomously monitor their own run-time behavior, detect and diagnose failures, and attempt reco...
This contribution investigates the function of emotion in relation to norms, both in natural and artificial societies. We illustrate that unintentional behavior can be normative an...
Christian von Scheve, Daniel Moldt, Julia Fix, Rol...
Exploring the relationship between social presence, conversational expressiveness, and robot acceptance, we set up an experiment with a robot in an eldercare institution, comparing...