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Curious agents and situated design evaluations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2005

ROB SAUNDERS  and
JOHN S. GERO
ROB SAUNDERS
Affiliation:
Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, School of Architecture, Design Science and Planning, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
JOHN S. GERO
Affiliation:
Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, School of Architecture, Design Science and Planning, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Abstract

This paper presents a possible future direction for agent-based simulation using complex agents that can learn from experience and report their individual evaluations. Adding learning to the agent model permits the simulation of potentially important agent behavior such as curiosity. The agents can then report evaluations of a design that are situated in their individual experience. The paper describes the architecture of curious agents used in the situated evaluation of designs. It then describes an example of the application of such curious agents in the evaluation of the curating of an exhibition in an art gallery.

Keywords

Curious AgentsEmergent DesignSimulationsSituated Design
Type
Research Article
Information
AI EDAM , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , May 2004 , pp. 153 - 161
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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