new book available ----
Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: From Cognitive Modeling to
Social Simulation
Edited by Ron Sun
Published by Cambridge University Press
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?
isbn=0521839645
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 significant 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, leading to better
understanding of both individual cognition and sociocultural
processes. It is possible that an integrative field of study in
cognitive and social sciences is emerging and we are laying the
foundation for it.
• explore a heretofore largely unexplored area
• written by leading researchers in various disciplines
• provide provocative new insights into relevant issues and solid
research
• intended for researchers and students in cognitive, behavioral, and
social sciences but may also be read by interested laypersons
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Contents
Part I. Introduction:
1. Prolegomena to integrating cognitive modeling and social
simulation. Ron Sun;
Part II. Overviews of Cognitive Architectures:
2. Modeling paradigms in ACT-R. Niel Taatgen, Christian Lebiere and
John Anderson;
3. Considering Soar as an agent architecture. Robert Wray and
Randolph M. Jones;
4. The CLARION cognitive architecture: extending cognitive modeling
to social simulation. Ron Sun;
Part III. Modeling and Simulating Cognitive and Social Processes:
5. Cognitive architectures, game playing, and human evolution.
Robert West, Christian Lebiere, and Dan Bothell;
6. Simulating a simple case of organizational decision making. Isaac
Naveh and Ron Sun;
7. Cognitive modeling of social behaviors. William J. Clancey,
Maarten Sierhuis, Bruce Damer, and Boris Brodsky;
8. Cognitive agents interacting in real and virtual worlds. Brad
Best and Christian Lebiere;
9. Modeling social emotions and social attributions. Jonathan
Gratch, Wenji Mao, and Stacy Marcella;
10. Communicating and collaborating with robotic agents. J. Gregory
Trafton, Alan C. Schultz, Nicholas L. Cassimatis, et al;
11. Behavior-based methods for modeling and structuring control of
social robots. Dylan Shell and Maja Mataric;
12. Evolution of a teamwork model. Nathan Schurr, Steven Okamoto,
Rajiv T. Matheswaran, and Milind Tambe;
13. Sociality in embodied neural agents. Domenico Parisi and Stefano
Nolfi;
14. Cognitive architecture and contents for social structures and
interactions. Cristiano Castelfranchi;
Part IV. A Symposium:
15. Cognitive science and good social science. Scott Moss;
16. Collective cognition and emergence in multi-agent systems.
Pietro Panzarasa and Nick Jennings;
17. Social judgement in multi-agent systems. Tom Burns and Ewa
Roszkowska;
18. Including human variability in a cognitive architecture to
improve team simulation. Frank Ritter and Emma Norling;
19. When does social simulation need cognitive models? Nigel Gilbert.
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or
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Professor Ron Sun
Cognitive Science Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth Street, Carnegie 302A
Troy, NY 12180, USA
phone: 518-276-3409
fax: 518-276-3017
email: [log in to unmask]
web: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun
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