Designing Generic and Efficient Negotiation Strategies

The central aim of this thesis is the design of generic and efficient automated strategies for two-party negotiations in which negotiating parties do not reveal their preferences explicitly. A strategy for negotiation is the decision mechanism for determining the actions of a negotiator. Generic refers to the idea that the strategy needs no...

Tools for Developing Cognitive Agents

Agent-oriented programming (AOP) is a programming paradigm introduced roughly thirty years ago as an approach to problems in Artificial Intelligence (AI). An agent is a piece of software that can perceive its environment (e.g., through sensors) and act upon that environment (e.g., through actuators). A cognitive agent is a specific type of agent...

The situated Design Rationale: of a social robot for child's disease self-management

A young boy with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is supported by a social robot on the road to self-management. The robot has knowledge on the goals that the boy needs to reach, as discussed with his health care professional. The robot also knows the boy’s activity options and preferences. It suggests activities based on this knowledge, but also...

Explaining Robot Behaviour: Beliefs, Desires, and Emotions in Explanations of Robot Action

Social humanoid robots are complex intelligent systems that in the near future<br/>will operate in domains including healthcare and education. Transparency of what robots intend during interaction is important. This helps the users trust them and increases a user’s motivation for, e.g., behaviour change (health) or learning (education). Trust...