The noticeability of behavioral changes of a conversational agent: An evaluation of an agent-based social skills training system

Helpline counselors can be trained faster using agent-based social skills training systems. These systems utilize conversational agents that simulate interactions with users and provide feedback. This research evaluates the noticeability of behavior changes in such a conversational agent. By examining participants' ability to detect and...

Scripted AI for Overcooked: Designing and Evaluating a Scripted AI Controller for Simplified Overcooked

Overcooked, an immersive multiplayer video game centered around cooperative cooking challenges, provides the roots for this research project. The study focuses on designing and evaluating a hand-authored controller in comparison to controllers implemented using various machine learning techniques, such as Population Based Training, in the...

Improvements in Imitation Learning for Overcooked

Arguably the main goal of artificial intelligence is to create agents that can collaborate with humans to achieve a shared goal. It has been shown that agents that assume their partner to be optimal can converge to protocols that humans do not understand. Taking human suboptimality into consideration is imperative to perform well in a...

Eliciting Personal Values through Isolation Questioning: A Graphical Interface Approach

The alignment of behavior support systems with our personal values becomes increasingly important as behavior support systems continue to influence our daily lives. The purpose of this paper was to explore the use of graphical interfaces and isolation questions to elicit personal values and build accurate user models. An experiment was conducted...

Reasons to continue or stop using a virtual coach for quitting smoking and increasing physical activity: A mixed-methods analysis

The increase in health problems due to smoking or lack of physical activity has created the incentive to develop a virtual coach to help people with smoking cessation and increase physical activity. In this study, a mixed-methods analysis (thematic analysis, quantitative analysis, and a literature study) was carried out to find out what the...

BOFA - A Framework for Fairness in Automated Negotiations

As automated negotiating agents become more and more part of our daily life, additional care needs to be taken that the agents can negotiate fairly. Humans each have their own intrinsic view on fairness, which affects the negotiation processes and the degree to which the outcome is viewed as satisfactory. However, most current agents are built...

Micro-scale effects of stylolite orientation on the motion of tensile failure: A study analyzing strain fields of stylolite limestones using Particle Image Velocimetry

Many laboratory tests of samples where the rock fractures are based on<br/>meso-scale (cm) characterization of effective ‘intact’ strength parameters neglecting the microstructure effects. Understanding fracturing processes at<br/>micro-scale (mm) will require models with microstructure data. However,<br/>data is lacking on micro-scale.<br/...

Dynamische verweking

In deze thesis komt het onderwerp dynamische verweking aan bod, er wordt onderzoek gedaan naar het verschijnsel, waarbij is vastgehouden aan de volgende hoofdvraag: “hoe zit het verschijnsel dynamische verweking precies in elkaar, welke parameters hebben invloed op het verschijnsel, wanneer treedt het fenomeen op en hoe is dit te voorspellen?”...

Goal-driven behavior in S-CLAIM

Describes the multi-agent system in development in LIP6, Paris together with research done towards goal-driven behavior and it's implementation in the project.