Design patterns have been recently concerned in the multi-agent community for the design of systems with decentralized coordination. In this paper we present a design pattern for d...
Abstract. We introduce an integrated approach to the conceptualisation, implementation and evaluation of a MAS (multi-agent system) which is based on sociological concepts of pract...
Designers generally agree that understanding the context of use is important in designing products. However, technologically advanced products such as personal robots engender com...
Abstract. We present a new approach to the design, development and evaluation of embodied conversational agents (ECAs) that allows them to index identity through culturally and soc...
The concept of cyclical influence between individuals and society is widely accepted, but hard to understand in all details. This paper proposes the use of three processes of socia...