Integrated modeling of cognitive agents in socio-technical systems

  • Authors:
  • Alexei Sharpanskykh

  • Affiliations:
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • KES-AMSTA'10 Proceedings of the 4th KES international conference on Agent and multi-agent systems: technologies and applications, Part II
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Modern socio-technical systems are characterized by high structural and behavioral complexities, which impede understanding and modeling of such systems. In particular, reciprocal relations between diverse local system processes that determine global system dynamics are not well understood. In this paper we focus on the problem of establishing relations between cognitive processes that determine social dynamics of an actor in a sociotechnical system. To address this problem, a formal, integrated, agent-based modeling approach is proposed. The approach defines relations between such cognitive processes as belief revision, trust dynamics, generation and development of feelings and emotions, and decision making. Furthermore, it is described how the behavior of an agent is related to its cognitive dynamics. Preliminary experimental results for the approach are discussed in the paper.