Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
We present an architecture in support of intelligent agent-mediated, behavioral interventions in special education programs for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The proposed architecture is a derivative of the Procedural Reasoning System (PRS) architecture with representative, inter-pretative, reasoning, knowledge-based, and procedural control components abstracted from the physical and locomotoric aspects of the agent´s placement in the environment. The architecture is designed to serve as the unifying foundation for virtual, mixed reality and embodied implementations, so its behavior-oriented control, reasoning, knowledge base, and inference mechanisms are designed as abstractive.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; inference mechanisms; intelligent tutoring systems; software agents; virtual reality; ASD; PRS architecture; agent placement; agent-mediated behavioral interventions; autism spectrum disorder; behavior-oriented control; embodied implementations; inference mechanisms; intelligent agent-mediated intervention; knowledge base; knowledge-based component; locomotoric aspect; mixed reality; physical aspect; procedural control component; procedural reasoning system architecture; special education programs; virtual reality; Autism; Cognition; Computer architecture; Education; Ontologies; Robots; Variable speed drives;