Agent Autonomy

Hexmoor, Henry; Castelfranchi, Cristiano; Falcone, Rino

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.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2003-03-31

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781402074028

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9198-0

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 288.0