NDLI: Modeling appraisal in theory of mind reasoning

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Author	Si, Mei Marsella, Stacy C. Pynadath, David V.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Cognitive appraisal theories, which link human emotional experience to their interpretations of events happening in the environment, are leading approaches to model emotions. Cognitive appraisal theories have often been used both for simulating “real emotions” in virtual characters and for predicting the human user’s emotional experience to facilitate human–computer interaction. In this work, we investigate the computational modeling of appraisal in a multi-agent decision-theoretic framework using Partially Observable Markov Decision Process-based (POMDP) agents. Domain-independent approaches are developed for five key appraisal dimensions (motivational relevance, motivation congruence, accountability, control and novelty). We also discuss how the modeling of theory of mind (recursive beliefs about self and others) is realized in the agents and is critical for simulating social emotions. Our model of appraisal is applied to three different scenarios to illustrate its usages. This work not only provides a solution for computationally modeling emotion in POMDP-based agents, but also illustrates the tight relationship between emotion and cognition—the appraisal dimensions are derived from the processes and information required for the agent’s decision-making and belief maintenance processes, which suggests a uniform cognitive structure for emotion and cognition.
Starting Page	14
Ending Page	31
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13872532
Journal	Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15737454
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-05-10
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Emotion Decision-making Appraisal Multi-agent system User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems Computing Methodologies Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Artificial Intelligence

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