Enhancing training by using agents with a theory of mind
conference paper
Virtual training systems with intelligent agents are often used to prepare people who have to act in incidents or crisis situations. Literature tells that typical human mistakes in incidents and crises involve situations in which people make false assumptions about other people's knowledge or intentions. To develop a virtual training system in which correctly estimating others' knowledge and intentions can be trained in particular, we propose to use agents that act on the basis of their own mental concepts, but also on mental states that they attribute to other agents. The first requirement can be realized by using a BDI-based agent programming language, resulting in agents which behavior is based on their goals and beliefs. To make these agents able to attribute mental states to others, they must be extended with a so-called Theory of Mind. In this paper we discuss the possible benefits and uses of agents with a Theory of Mind in virtual training, and discuss the development and implementation of such agents.
TNO Identifier
461800
Source title
Proceedings of EduMAS'2009 Held at: Budapest, Hungary.
Pages
23-30
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