Providing social scaffolding for effective agent communities Export

@article{O'Hare2002, abstract = {This paper explores the general landscape of virtual communities and reflects upon their relevance to their agent community counterparts. It examines several disparate virtual communities in order to identify common threads and characteristics, which underpin social cohesion. Herein we explore how concepts such as awareness, social presence and embodied state constitute key parameters in the derivation of social models of trust, reliance and dependence. In turn, social realism is introduced, and the extent to which this can form the basis of a social scaffolding for the support of effective agent communities is reflected upon. The concept of agent chameleons is characterized together with how the capability of metamorphosis influences (positively and negatively) agent community interaction and the construction of models of trust, respect and regard is considered. Such evolution and the ability of the agent to invoke this process are, we contest, the ultimate manifestations of autonomy.}, author = {O'Hare, Gregory M. P.}, citeulike-article-id = {3149584}, comment = {not reviewed}, journal = {Connection Science}, keywords = {agent-chameleons, agents, embodiment, mutation}, number = {4}, pages = {311--322}, posted-at = {2008-08-22 17:09:48}, priority = {1}, title = {Providing social scaffolding for effective agent communities}, volume = {14}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - O'Hare2002 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3149584 N2 - This paper explores the general landscape of virtual communities and reflects upon their relevance to their agent community counterparts. It examines several disparate virtual communities in order to identify common threads and characteristics, which underpin social cohesion. Herein we explore how concepts such as awareness, social presence and embodied state constitute key parameters in the derivation of social models of trust, reliance and dependence. In turn, social realism is introduced, and the extent to which this can form the basis of a social scaffolding for the support of effective agent communities is reflected upon. The concept of agent chameleons is characterized together with how the capability of metamorphosis influences (positively and negatively) agent community interaction and the construction of models of trust, respect and regard is considered. Such evolution and the ability of the agent to invoke this process are, we contest, the ultimate manifestations of autonomy. IS - 4 JF - Connection Science EP - 322 TI - Providing social scaffolding for effective agent communities VL - 14 SP - 311 KW - agent-chameleons KW - agents KW - embodiment KW - mutation N1 - not reviewed AU - O'Hare, Gregory PY - 2002/// ER -