Multi-agent systems for education and interactive entertainment design, use and experience / [electronic resource] : Martin Beer, Maria Fasli, and Debbie Richards, editors. - Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011. - electronic texts (272 p.) : digital files.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. MAgICS / Forrest Stonedahl, Michelle Wilkerson-Jerde, Uri Wilensky -- 2. An intelligent agents and multi-agent systems course involving NetLogo / Ilias Sakellariou, Petros Kefalas, Ioanna Stamatopoulou -- 3. Adapting rewards to encourage creativity / F. Grove ... [et al.] -- 4. A Multiagent approach to teaching complex systems development / Simon Lynch, Keerthi Rajendran -- 5. Introducing AI and IA into a non computer science graduate programme / Ioanna Stamatopoulou, Maria Fasli, Petros Kefalas -- 6. Introducing multiagent systems to undergraduates through games and chocolate / Emma Bowring, Milind Tambe -- 7. Survey of educational multi-user virtual environments and agents / Arda Tezcan, Debbie Richards -- 8. A Comparative study of platforms for multi-user virtual environments / Arda Tezcan, Debbie Richards -- 9. Agents with a theory of mind in virtual training / Maaike Harbers, Karel van den Bosch, John-Jules Meyer -- 10. Computers can feel too / K. Chatzara, C. Karagiannidis, D. Stamatis -- 11. Scenario authoring by domain trainers / Debbie Richards, Meredith Taylor -- 12. Crafting a personalised agent-oriented mobile E-learning platform for adaptive third level education / Olapeju Ayoola, Eleni Phelan -- 13. How to build up recommender agents, step by step / Josep Lluis de la Rosa ... [et al.].

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"This book presents readers with a rich collection of ideas from researchers who are exploring the complex tradeoffs that must be made in designing agent systems for education and interactive entertainment"--Provided by publisher.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781609600822 (ebook)

10.4018/978-1-60960-080-8 doi




Multiagent systems--Congresses.
Instructional systems--Congresses.
Computer science--Study and teaching--Congresses.

E-learning platforms Intelligent emotional agents in e-learning systems Virtual training Recommender agents Multiagent systems Teaching AI and IA Complex systems development NetLogo Multi-user virtual environments and agents Agent-based modeling Domain trainers (Immersive) virtual reality/environment Case-based reasoning Cognitive, emotion and personality modelling Embodied agents Game development Human computer interaction Knowledge acquisition Knowledge based reasoning Language technology including speech, linguistics, dialogue Multi-agent environments and social systems Scenario analysis Storytelling/narrative engines User modelling


Electronic books.

QA76.76.I58 / .M863 2011eb

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