The basic idea behind a negotiation is that the agents make offers that they judge “good” and respond to the offers made to them until a compromise is reached. The choice of th...
The ability to model changes in preferences is crucially important for sound decision making and effective communication. Much has been written about strategies for changing belie...
This paper presents ways of approaching the design of successful character-based interactive installations. We rationalize our arguments within the context of both Disney's &...
We construct a novel agent-based model of prediction markets in which putative human qualities like learning, reasoning, and profit-seeking are absent. We show that the prices whi...
After arguing about the crucial importance of trust for Agents and MAS, we provide a definition of trust both as a mental state and as a social attitude and relation. We present t...