Agent Autonomy

Autonomy is a characterizing notion of agents, and intuitively it is rather unambiguous. The quality of autonomy is recognized when it is perceived or experienced, yet it is difficult to limit autonomy in a definition. The desire to build agents that exhibit a satisfactory quality of autonomy includ...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hexmoor, Henry (Editor), Castelfranchi, Cristiano (Editor), Falcone, Rino (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A Prospectus on Agent Autonomy
  • 2. Autonomy: Variable and Generative
  • 3. Representing and Analyzing Adaptive Decision-Making Frameworks
  • 4. Quantifying Relative Autonomy in Multiagent Interaction
  • 5. Obligations and Cooperation: Two Sides of Social Rationality
  • 6. From Automaticity to Autonomy: The Frontier of Artificial Agents
  • 7. Adjusting the Autonomy in Mixed-initiative Systems by Reasoning about Interaction
  • 8. Interacting with IDA
  • 9. Policy-based Agent Directability
  • 10. Adjustable Autonomy for the Real World
  • 11. Adjustable Autonomy and Human-Agent Teamwork in Practice: An Interim Report on Space Applications