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A Software Design Tool for the Modeling of Emotions in Autonomous Agents

Authors:
Xavier González-Olvera
Luis-Felipe Rodriguez
Luis A. Castro
Ramón René Palacio

Keywords: Autonomous Agent; Computational Model of Emotion; Software Design.

Abstract:
Cognitive agent architectures implement a series of computational models of cognitive and affective functions to enable the emergence of behaviors in autonomous agents. The design phase of these computational models is usually based on findings about the information processing in the human brain and on principles and standards established for the development of software systems. Software tools and methodologies to assist in this design process are still limited and scarce. Moreover, although available software tools cover most phases of the software development cycle, these do not take advantage of theories and models formulated in fields that study the brain information processing and architecture. In this paper, we propose a software design tool to assist in the specification and design of computational models of emotions for autonomous agents. We develop a preliminary case study in order to demonstrate the use of the proposed tool. This tool is intended to create consistent computational models of emotions that conform to theories and models that explain the process of human emotions.

Pages: 372 to 375

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: April 24, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-468-8

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2016 to April 28, 2016