User understanding of cognitive processes in simulation: A tool for exploring and modifying

• Published in: Proceedings of the 2012 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Scerri, D., Hickmott, S., Padgham, L.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Abstracts; Computational modeling; Context; Decision making; Educational institutions; Humans; Libraries

Agent based simulations often model humans and increasingly it is necessary to do this at an appropriate level of complexity. It has been suggested that the Belief Desire Intention (BDI) paradigm is suitable for modeling the cognitive processes of agents representing (some of) the humans in an agent...