Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: From Cognitive Modeling to Social Simulation

by Edited by Ron Sun

• ISBN13: 9780521728959
• ISBN10: 0521728959
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book explores the intersection between cognitive sciences and social sciences. In particular, it explores the intersection between individual cognitive modeling and modeling of multi-agent interaction (social stimulation). The two contributing fields--individual cognitive modeling (especially cognitive architectures) and modeling of multi-agent interaction (including social simulation and, to some extent, multi-agent systems)--have seen phenomenal growth in recent years. However, the interaction of these two fields has not been sufficiently developed. We believe that the interaction of the two may be more significant than either alone.

Author Biography

Ron Sun is Professor of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A well-known researcher in cognitive science, Ron Sun leads research projects investigating fundamental structures of the human mind. In particular, he recently published Duality of the Mind, exploring the interaction of implicit and explicit cognition. He is also the founding co-editor-in-chief of the journal Cognitive Systems Research focusing on integrative cognitive research.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Introduction
Prolegomena to Integrating Cognitive Modeling and Social Simulation	p. 3
Overviews of Cognitive Architectures
Modeling Paradigms in ACT-R	p. 29
Considering Soar as an Agent Architecture	p. 53
The CLARION Cognitive Architecture: Extending Cognitive Modeling to Social Simulation	p. 79
Modeling and Simulating Cognitive and Social Processes
Cognitive Architectures, Game Playing, and Human Evolution	p. 103
Simulating a Simple Case of Organizational Decision Making	p. 124
Cognitive Modeling of Social Behaviors	p. 151
Cognitive Agents Interacting in Real and Virtual Worlds	p. 186
Modeling Social Emotions and Social Attributions	p. 219
Communicating and Collaborating with Robotic Agents	p. 252
Behavior-Based Methods for Modeling and Structuring Control of Social Robots	p. 279
Evolution of a Teamwork Model	p. 307
Sociality in Embodied Neural Agents	p. 328
Cognitive Architecture and Contents for Social Structures and Interactions	p. 355
A Symposium
Cognitive Science and Good Social Science	p. 393
Collective Cognition and Emergence in Multi-Agent Systems	p. 401
Social Judgment in Multi-Agent Systems	p. 409
Including Human Variability in a Cognitive Architecture to Improve Team Simulation	p. 417
When Does Social Simulation Need Cognitive Models?	p. 428
Index	p. 433
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