Abstract We introduce a modular and transparent approach for augmenting the ability of reinforcement learning agents to comply with given norm base. The normative supervisor module functions as both an event recorder real-time compliance checker w.r.t. external have implemented this theorem prover defeasible deontic logic, in agent that we task playing “vegan” version arcade game Pac-Man.

Robots are transforming organizations, with pundits forecasting that robots will increasingly perform managerial tasks. One such key task is the evaluation and delivery of feedback regarding an employee's performance, including negative feedback. However, within this context delivering feedback, we suggest anthropomorphism—a factor most practitioners researchers consider as a panacea for overco...

Introduction Programmatic assessment (PA) is an increasingly popular approach to competency-based (CBA), yet evaluation evidence limited. This study aimed identify and explore supervisor attitudes before after implementing a novel PA using sequential explanatory mixed methods design. In phase one, survey was used perspectives on work-based placements, CBA. Survey results were then applied devel...

First supervisor: dr. ing. J.P.M. Wouters Second supervisor: dr. J.J.L. Schepers Company Supervisor: S. Balkenende Publishing date: 9 th of August, 2012 University: Eindhoven University of Technology Faculty: Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences Department: Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Marketing (ITEM) Effects of apps on consumer behavior of smartphones and telecommunica...

In the standard principal-supervisor-agent model with collusion, Tirole (1986) shows that employing a supervisor is profitable for the principal if the supervisor’s signal of the agent’s cost of production is “hard” (i.e., verifiable but hideable). Anecdotal evidence suggests that information is sometimes “soft” (i.e., unverifiable). We show that, in fact, it is profitable to employ a superviso...

To make a supervisor comprehensible to a layman has been a long-lasting goal in the supervisory control community. One strategy is to reduce the size of a supervisor to generate a control equivalent version, whose size is hopefully much smaller than the original one so that a user or control designer can easily check whether a designed controller fulfils its objectives and requirements. After t...