Ebook: Agent Autonomy

Autonomy is a characterizing notion of agents, and intuitively it is rather unambiguous. The quality of autonomy is recognized when it is perceived or experienced, yet it is difficult to limit autonomy in a definition. The desire to build agents that exhibit a satisfactory quality of autonomy includes agents that have a long life, are highly independent, can harmonize their goals and actions with humans and other agents, and are generally socially adept. Agent Autonomy is a collection of papers from leading international researchers that approximate human intuition, dispel false attributions, and point the way to scholarly thinking about autonomy. A wide array of issues about sharing control and initiative between humans and machines, as well as issues about peer level agent interaction, are addressed.

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Autonomy is a characterizing notion of agents, and intuitively it is rather unambiguous. The quality of autonomy is recognized when it is perceived or experienced, yet it is difficult to limit autonomy in a definition. The desire to build agents that exhibit a satisfactory quality of autonomy includes agents that have a long life, are highly independent, can harmonize their goals and actions with humans and other agents, and are generally socially adept. Agent Autonomy is a collection of papers from leading international researchers that approximate human intuition, dispel false attributions, and point the way to scholarly thinking about autonomy. A wide array of issues about sharing control and initiative between humans and machines, as well as issues about peer level agent interaction, are addressed.

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Autonomy is a characterizing notion of agents, and intuitively it is rather unambiguous. The quality of autonomy is recognized when it is perceived or experienced, yet it is difficult to limit autonomy in a definition. The desire to build agents that exhibit a satisfactory quality of autonomy includes agents that have a long life, are highly independent, can harmonize their goals and actions with humans and other agents, and are generally socially adept. Agent Autonomy is a collection of papers from leading international researchers that approximate human intuition, dispel false attributions, and point the way to scholarly thinking about autonomy. A wide array of issues about sharing control and initiative between humans and machines, as well as issues about peer level agent interaction, are addressed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
A Prospectus on Agent Autonomy....Pages 1-10
Autonomy: Variable and Generative....Pages 11-28
Representing and Analyzing Adaptive Decision-Making Frameworks....Pages 29-54
Quantifying Relative Autonomy in Multiagent Interaction....Pages 55-73
Obligations and Cooperation: Two Sides of Social Rationality....Pages 75-102
From Automaticity to Autonomy: The Frontier of Artificial Agents....Pages 103-136
Adjusting the Autonomy in Mixed-initiative Systems by Reasoning about Interaction....Pages 137-158
Interacting with IDA....Pages 159-183
Policy-based Agent Directability....Pages 185-209
Adjustable Autonomy for the Real World....Pages 211-241
Adjustable Autonomy and Human-Agent Teamwork in Practice: An Interim Report on Space Applications....Pages 243-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-288

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Autonomy is a characterizing notion of agents, and intuitively it is rather unambiguous. The quality of autonomy is recognized when it is perceived or experienced, yet it is difficult to limit autonomy in a definition. The desire to build agents that exhibit a satisfactory quality of autonomy includes agents that have a long life, are highly independent, can harmonize their goals and actions with humans and other agents, and are generally socially adept. Agent Autonomy is a collection of papers from leading international researchers that approximate human intuition, dispel false attributions, and point the way to scholarly thinking about autonomy. A wide array of issues about sharing control and initiative between humans and machines, as well as issues about peer level agent interaction, are addressed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
A Prospectus on Agent Autonomy....Pages 1-10
Autonomy: Variable and Generative....Pages 11-28
Representing and Analyzing Adaptive Decision-Making Frameworks....Pages 29-54
Quantifying Relative Autonomy in Multiagent Interaction....Pages 55-73
Obligations and Cooperation: Two Sides of Social Rationality....Pages 75-102
From Automaticity to Autonomy: The Frontier of Artificial Agents....Pages 103-136
Adjusting the Autonomy in Mixed-initiative Systems by Reasoning about Interaction....Pages 137-158
Interacting with IDA....Pages 159-183
Policy-based Agent Directability....Pages 185-209
Adjustable Autonomy for the Real World....Pages 211-241
Adjustable Autonomy and Human-Agent Teamwork in Practice: An Interim Report on Space Applications....Pages 243-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-288
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