A Computational Model of Emotions for the Simulation of Human Emotional Dynamics in Emergency Situations

Belhaj, Mouna; Kebair, Fahem; Saïd, Lamjed Ben

doi:10.7763/ijcte.2014.v6.867

Cited by 16 publications

(28 citation statements)

References 9 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…We defined new classes and reified the specification of the characteristics and methods of different classes. Details about these changes could be found in [2]. The resulting model distinguishes the different entities of the disaster space in order to identify the different objects that an agent may recognize in its environment.…”

Section: Crisis Environment Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The computations of emotion intensities are performed using the computational model of emotions for the emergency management context, that we have proposed in [2]. The latter contains an extensive description of the theoretical foundation of the proposed model.…”

Section: Appraisal: the Emotion Generation Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We use our proposed computational model of emotions for the emergency situations context presented in [2]. The agent model we propose is based on the appraisal process of the OCC model.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The proposed agent model uses a crisis environment model detailed in a previous work [2]. It was based on the conceptual model of the disaster space for emergency situation management presented in [24].…”

Section: Crisis Environment Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this paper, we describe the modeling and implementation of an emotional agent model of human civilians. The proposed model uses a crisis environment model and a computational model of emotions for the emergency situations context that were proposed in a previous work [2]. The first describes the different components of a crisis environment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation of the Emotional and Behavioral Dynamics of Human Civilians during Emergency Situations

Belhaj

Kebair

Saïd

2014

Multiagent System Technologies

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract. Agent based social simulations are becoming prevailing tools in the context of human behavior studies. Researchers in psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience have proved the prominent role of emotion on cognition and behavior. Particularly, during emergency situations, human emotional dynamics have a major effect on behavior. In this context, we aim to study the role of emotions in reproducing human-like emotional civilian agents. The objective of the current research work is to model and to simulate human emotional dynamics and their effect on the behaviors of civilians in emergencies. In this article, we describe an emotional agent model that integrates a computational model of emotions. Agent perceptions are subject to a cognitive appraisal process to generate agent emotions. These have an effect on the generation of agent behavior.Keywords: Emotional dynamics, Appraisal, Emergencies, Human behavior. IntroductionImplementing human characteristics into artificial systems is a key and a multidisciplinary challenge. This implementation aims at building agents with believable and realistic behaviors. Different factors are modeled in human behaviors simulations. These include physical and physiological factors, cognition, emotions, personality traits, social relations among others. The interplay of emotion and cognition is particularly important in the study of human behaviors, particularly during emergency situations. In fact, emotions are important regulator factors of human behaviors, mainly to respond to highly emotive events such as those happening in emergency situations. Thus, humans that experience heightened emotional states can have unexpected behaviors [1]. Therefore, emotions are necessary to produce realistic social simulations in emergencies. These situations are characterized by their dynamicity and complexity. Hence, modeling human-like agents in such situations requires the integration of emotion modeling. In fact, emotions represent important adaptation mechanisms to changes that may occur in the agent environment.

show abstract

Section: Crisis Environment Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Appraisal: the Emotion Generation Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We use our proposed computational model of emotions for the emergency situations context presented in [2]. The agent model we propose is based on the appraisal process of the OCC model.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Crisis Environment Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations