Game theory offers techniques for applying autonomy in the field. In this mini-review, we define autonomy, and briefly overview game with a focus on Nash Stackleberg equilibria Social dilemma. We provide discussion of successful projects using approaches applied to several autonomous systems.

This study examines the potential connections among learners’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in English, their perceptions of autonomy-supportive teaching and two individual difference variables, i.e. motivation and English speaking self-efficacy. Two hundred and five Iranian EFL learners responded to four questionnaires. The data obtained from the collected instruments were...

An autonomous robot o ers a challenging and ideal eld for the study of intelli gent architectures Autonomy within a rational behavior could be evaluated by the robot s e ectiveness and robustness in carrying out tasks in di erent and ill known environments It raises major requirements on the control architecture Furthermore a robot as a programmable machine brings up other architectural needs s...

The standard notion of autonomy in medical ethics does not require that autonomous choices not be irrational. The paper gives three examples of seemingly irrational patient choices and discusses how a rational autonomy analysis differs from the standard view. It then considers whether a switch to the rational autonomy view would lead to overriding more patient decisions but concludes that this ...