[ACT-R-users] Fwd: ACT-R-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 9

[Professor Ron Sun]

> I am seeking to use the ACT-R framework for modeling multiple  
> agents that
> collaborate on a task. I am a novice when it comes to the ACT-R  
> framework
> and only somewhat more familiar with LISP.  I have searched through  
> the past
> posts to this list and could find only one reference:
>
> Kim, S.-Y., Lodge, M., & Taber, C. (2004). A computational model of  
> voter-
> The dynamics of political candidate evaluation. In *Proceedings of  
> the sixth
> International Conference on Cognitive Modeling *(pp. 362-363).  
> Pittsburgh,
> PA: Carnegie Mellon University/University of Pittsburgh.
>
> However, the paper does not discuss any details of the  
> implementation except
> for a mention of 'use of sockets'. Any pointers regarding papers/ 
> tutorials
> that illustrate how ACT-R can be used for developing a multi-agent  
> model
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
> Srikanth.
>

you might want to take a look at this book:
Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: From Cognitive Modeling to  
Social Simulation

published by Cambridge U. Press

http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521839645

it has a few relevant chapters.

cheers,

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Professor Ron Sun
Cognitive Science Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth Street, Carnegie 302A
Troy, NY 12180, USA

phone: 518-276-3409
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email: rsun at rpi.edu
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