Modelling Mediator Assistance in Joint Decision Making Processes Involving Mutual Empathic Understanding

In this paper an agent model for mediation in joint decision-making processes is presented for establishing mutual empathic understanding. Elicitation of affective states is an important criterion of empathy. In unassisted joint decision-making it can be difficult to recognise whether empathic respo...

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Published inComputational Collective Intelligence. Technologies and Applications pp. 544 - 553
Main Authors Duell, Rob, Treur, Jan
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 2014
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
empathy
joint decision making
mediation
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ISBN9783319112886
3319112880
ISSN0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-11289-3_55

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Summary:In this paper an agent model for mediation in joint decision-making processes is presented for establishing mutual empathic understanding. Elicitation of affective states is an important criterion of empathy. In unassisted joint decision-making it can be difficult to recognise whether empathic responses are the result of experiencing the other individual’s affective state, or whether these affective states are at least partly blended with own states that would also have developed in individual decision-making. The mediator agent assists two individual social agents in establishing and expressing empathy, as a means to develop solidly grounded joint decisions.
ISBN:9783319112886
3319112880
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-11289-3_55