Title :
Integrating Situation Awareness and Surprise: A Computational Agent Model
Author :
Bosse, Tibor ; Merk, R.-J. ; Treur, Jan
Author_Institution :
Agent Syst. Res. Group, VU Univ. Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
To increase realism of virtual agents in serious gaming applications, computational models of human cognitive processes can play an important role. This paper presents a computational agent model that integrates models for situation awareness and surprise. The crucial element in the integration of both models is a mechanism that matches beliefs about the situation from the situation awareness model with expectations about the world from the surprise model. To evaluate the integrated model, it has been implemented within an existing simulator for F16 pilots, and four variants of the model were tested within a domain-specific scenario. The results indicate that the model has promising capabilities to enhance realism of virtual agents.
Keywords :
computer games; multi-agent systems; F16 pilot; computational agent model; human cognitive process; serious gaming application; situation awareness; virtual agent; cognitive modelling; serious gaming; situation awareness; surprise;
Conference_Titel :
Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT), 2012 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conferences on
Conference_Location :
Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6057-9
DOI :
10.1109/WI-IAT.2012.15