Publications

Authors:

Ceschi, Andrea; Scalco, Andrea; Dickert, Stephan; Sartori, Riccardo

Title:

Compassion and Prosocial Behavior. Is it Possible to Simulate them Virtually?

Year:

2015

Type of item:

Contributo in atti di convegno

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in Atti di convegno

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Name of journal:

ADVANCES IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND COMPUTING

ISSN of journal:

2194-5357

N° Volume:

372

Congresso:

13th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Place:

Salamanca (Spain)

Period:

3-5 June 2015

ISBN:

978-3-319-19628-2

Page numbers:

207-214

Keyword:

Emotional behaviors, Compassion, Prosocial Behavior, Psychophysics

Short description of contents:

In the field of artificial intelligence, a question dealing with computer and cognitive science is arising and becoming more and more crucial: Can we design agents so sophisticated that they are capable of mimicking emotional behaviors in general as well as specific emotions like compassion or empathy? Despite the production of different computational models, their integration with cognitive and psychological theories remains a central problem. Reasons are both methodological and theoretical. Primarily, it is difficult to quantify the impact of such factors as individual differences, inclinations and personality traits. In addition, Agent-Based Models (ABMs) often use linear dynamics, even in describing emotions, without considering the basis of psychophysics. Bearing in mind this and focusing on compassion as a particular emotion, the paper aims to present a “Decalogue” for those interested in designing agents capable of mimicking human emotional behaviors. In the paper, compassion will be translated as prosocial behavior.

Product ID:

90979

Handle IRIS:

11562/936680

Last Modified:

November 15, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Ceschi, Andrea; Scalco, Andrea; Dickert, Stephan; Sartori, Riccardo, Compassion and Prosocial Behavior. Is it Possible to Simulate them Virtually? in «ADVANCES IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND COMPUTING» vol. 372  in Trends in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems and Sustainability , Proceedings of "13th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems" , Salamanca (Spain) , 3-5 June 2015 , 2015 , pp. 207-214

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