In this paper, we address the issue of rational communication behavior among autonomous agents. We extend our previously reported cooperative hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) algorithm to include communication decision and propose a new multiagent HRL algorithm, called COM-Cooperative HRL. In this algorithm, at specific levels of the hierarchy, called cooperation levels, a group of sub...

Information Systems Actability Theory is a theory based on language action theories (e.g. Searle and Habermas) and other social action theories (e.g. Weber and Schutz). In ISAT, different actors’ work with (computerised) information systems is considered to be action directed towards humans. Phenomena related to human action and communication between humans are set in focus. This paper proposes...

How do children decide which elements of an action demonstration are important to reproduce in the context of an imitation game? We tested whether selective imitation of a demonstrator's actions may be based on the same search for relevance that drives adult interpretation of ostensive communication. Three groups of 18-month-old infants were shown a toy animal either hopping or sliding (action ...

the purpose of this study was to examine how four teachers used the seven processes of videotape analysis to develop an analytic approach and reflective thinking towards their teaching. the study was organized within video clubs and was used to describe the interactions among four teachers about their experiences at a language institute. data were gathered through videotaped recordings of lesso...

the study examined the role of information communication technologies in extension delivery of agricultural transformation agenda (ata) of nigeria.  the objectives were to: examine the agricultural extension delivery of ata; identify icts relevant in agricultural extension and application of ata; examine roles of icts in extension of ata and identify constraints to the use of icts in extension ...

Persuasive games are an interdisciplinary area covering a range of fields. This article examines persuasive games through current trends in research as potential agents of social action. The implications of persuasive games for learning are analyzed through education and communication theories, suggesting that persuasive techniques are of primary importance and that procedures and ethos connect...

Although the specific role of connexin-mediated gap junctional intercellular communication in the control of cell homeostasis, proliferation, and death are still not clear, several lines of evidence support these roles. The disturbance of this communication, through multiple mechanisms, may in the short term be a protective mechanism to limit the spread of toxicity in a tissue following chemica...

2. The Communication aims to propose an e-Justice Strategy that intends to increase citizens’ confidence in the European area of justice. E-Justice's primary objective should be to help justice to be administered more effec­ tively throughout Europe, for the benefit of the citizens. The EU's action should enable citizens to access infor­ mation without being hindered by the linguistic, cultural...