Despite the relevance of the belief-desire-intention (BDI) model of rational agency, little work has been done to deal with its two main limitations: the lack of learning competen...
In this paper we consider how a BDI agent might determine its best course of action. We draw on previous work which has presented a model of persuasion over action and we discuss ...
Katie Atkinson, Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Peter Mc...
Formal analyses of social action for Distributed A.I. (DAI) have focussed, almost exclusively, on scenarios in which participating agents have a joint intention to act. While such ...
This paper proposes and validates a theory of physician resistance toward IT usage by drawing on prior research in the resistance to change literature and a recent dual-factor mod...
Transfer scenarios is a method developed to support the design of innovative interactive technology. Such a method should help the designer to come up with inventive ideas, and at...