A Multiagent System to Model Human Action Based on the Concept of Affordance

Zoubida Afoutni, Rémy Courdier, François Guerrin

2014

Abstract

This paper presents a model to represent situated action in farming systems. The basic idea is to invert the classical vision of action that stipulates that action is a consequence of a decision process and a plan. We consider action as mainly dictated by a situation created by the interaction of the actor and his/her environment. Hence, action is a process that emerges from this situation. Thus, in this paper we treat the question of how to model action as an emergence process from the situations created by actors and their environment? For this, our model is based on multiagent system as well as on the affordance, emergence and stigmergy concepts (this paper emphasizes mainly the first two).

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Afoutni Z., Courdier R. and Guerrin F. (2014). A Multiagent System to Model Human Action Based on the Concept of Affordance . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-758-038-3, pages 644-651. DOI: 10.5220/0005141606440651


in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech14,
author={Zoubida Afoutni and Rémy Courdier and François Guerrin},
title={A Multiagent System to Model Human Action Based on the Concept of Affordance},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2014},
pages={644-651},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005141606440651},
isbn={978-989-758-038-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - A Multiagent System to Model Human Action Based on the Concept of Affordance
SN - 978-989-758-038-3
AU - Afoutni Z.
AU - Courdier R.
AU - Guerrin F.
PY - 2014
SP - 644
EP - 651
DO - 10.5220/0005141606440651