Agent Autonomy

By Cristiano Castelfranchi, Henry Hexmoor, Rino Falcone

Book Overview

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 includes agents that have a long life, are highly independent, can harmonize their goals and actions with humans and other agents, and are generally socially adept. Agent Autonomy is a collection of papers from leading international researchers that approximate human intuition, dispel false attributions, and point the way to scholarly thinking about autonomy. A wide array of issues about sharing control and initiative between humans and machines, as well as issues about peer level agent interaction, are addressed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402074026
• ISBN13: 9781402074028
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.1"