A Human-Agent Teamwork Communication Model (HAT-COM) for collaborative activity in virtual learning environments

Nader Hanna; Deborah Richards

A Human-Agent Teamwork Communication Model (HAT-COM) for collaborative activity in virtual learning environments

School of Computing

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Abstract

Communication is a vital factor in the collaboration between team members. Creating virtual agents that are able to communicate with humans is a challenging research area. When both the virtual agent and human user should communicate together while performing a collaborative activity, the challenge becomes more critical and difficult. In this paper we present a taxonomy of different ways to achieve human-agent communication. Relying on the concepts of Speech Act Theory, we propose a design to communication model for humanagent teamwork to be integrated into a collaborative virtual learning environment currently under development.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceeding of the Second AAMAS Workshop on Cognitive Agents for Virtual Environments
Subtitle of host publication	CAVE 2013 : May 7, 2013, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Editors	Deborah Richards, Frank Dignum, Martin Beer, Koen Hindriks
Place of Publication	Stroudsburg, PA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	45-60
Number of pages	16
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	The AAMAS Workshop on Cognitive Agents for Virtual Environments (2nd : 2013) - Saint Paul, MN Duration: 7 May 2013 → 7 May 2013

Workshop

Workshop	The AAMAS Workshop on Cognitive Agents for Virtual Environments (2nd : 2013)
City	Saint Paul, MN
Period	7/05/13 → 7/05/13

Keywords

Human-Agent Communication Model
Human-Agent Collaboration
Multimodal Communication
Speech Act Theory

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Hanna, N., & Richards, D. (2013). A Human-Agent Teamwork Communication Model (HAT-COM) for collaborative activity in virtual learning environments. In D. Richards, F. Dignum, M. Beer, & K. Hindriks (Eds.), Proceeding of the Second AAMAS Workshop on Cognitive Agents for Virtual Environments: CAVE 2013 : May 7, 2013, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (pp. 45-60). Association for Computing Machinery.

Hanna, Nader ; Richards, Deborah. / A Human-Agent Teamwork Communication Model (HAT-COM) for collaborative activity in virtual learning environments. Proceeding of the Second AAMAS Workshop on Cognitive Agents for Virtual Environments: CAVE 2013 : May 7, 2013, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. editor / Deborah Richards ; Frank Dignum ; Martin Beer ; Koen Hindriks. Stroudsburg, PA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2013. pp. 45-60

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Hanna, N & Richards, D 2013, A Human-Agent Teamwork Communication Model (HAT-COM) for collaborative activity in virtual learning environments. in D Richards, F Dignum, M Beer & K Hindriks (eds), Proceeding of the Second AAMAS Workshop on Cognitive Agents for Virtual Environments: CAVE 2013 : May 7, 2013, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Association for Computing Machinery, Stroudsburg, PA, pp. 45-60, The AAMAS Workshop on Cognitive Agents for Virtual Environments (2nd : 2013), Saint Paul, MN, 7/05/13.

A Human-Agent Teamwork Communication Model (HAT-COM) for collaborative activity in virtual learning environments. / Hanna, Nader; Richards, Deborah.
Proceeding of the Second AAMAS Workshop on Cognitive Agents for Virtual Environments: CAVE 2013 : May 7, 2013, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. ed. / Deborah Richards; Frank Dignum; Martin Beer; Koen Hindriks. Stroudsburg, PA: Association for Computing Machinery, 2013. p. 45-60.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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Hanna N, Richards D. A Human-Agent Teamwork Communication Model (HAT-COM) for collaborative activity in virtual learning environments. In Richards D, Dignum F, Beer M, Hindriks K, editors, Proceeding of the Second AAMAS Workshop on Cognitive Agents for Virtual Environments: CAVE 2013 : May 7, 2013, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Stroudsburg, PA: Association for Computing Machinery. 2013. p. 45-60

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