Grounding Agents in EMud Artificial Worlds Export

@inproceedings{Robert1998, abstract = {This paper suggests that in the context of autonomous agents and intelligent behavior for such agents, a more important focus should be held on the symbolic context that forms the basis of computer programs. Basically, software agents are symbolic entitites living in a symbolic world and this has an effect of how one should think about designing frameworks for their evolution or learning. We will relate the problem of symbol grounding to that of sensory information available to agents. We will then introduce an experimental environment based on virtual worlds call EMuds, where both human and artificial agents can interact. Next, we show how it can be applied in the framework of multi-agents systems to address emergence based problems and report preliminary results. We then conclude with some ongoing and future work.}, author = {Robert, Antony and Chantemargue, Fabrice and Courant, Mich\`{e}le}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Virtual Worlds (Virtual Worlds 2000)}, citeulike-article-id = {3149610}, comment = {not reviewed}, keywords = {autonomous-agents, symbol-grounding, virtual-reality}, pages = {193--204}, posted-at = {2008-08-22 17:09:52}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, title = {Grounding Agents in {EMud} Artificial Worlds}, year = {1998} }

TY - CONF ID - Robert1998 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3149610 N2 - This paper suggests that in the context of autonomous agents and intelligent behavior for such agents, a more important focus should be held on the symbolic context that forms the basis of computer programs. Basically, software agents are symbolic entitites living in a symbolic world and this has an effect of how one should think about designing frameworks for their evolution or learning. We will relate the problem of symbol grounding to that of sensory information available to agents. We will then introduce an experimental environment based on virtual worlds call EMuds, where both human and artificial agents can interact. Next, we show how it can be applied in the framework of multi-agents systems to address emergence based problems and report preliminary results. We then conclude with some ongoing and future work. EP - 204 TI - Grounding Agents in {EMud} Artificial Worlds PB - Springer-Verlag T2 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Virtual Worlds (Virtual Worlds 2000) SP - 193 KW - autonomous-agents KW - symbol-grounding KW - virtual-reality N1 - not reviewed AU - Robert, Antony AU - Chantemargue, Fabrice AU - Courant, Michèle PY - 1998/// ER -