This paper surveys the current state of the art in Natural Language Generation (NLG),
defined as the task of generating text or speech from non-linguistic input. A survey of NLG is …

In this paper, an overview of human–robot interactive communication is presented, covering
verbal as well as non-verbal aspects. Following a historical introduction, and motivation …

The concept of an agent has become important in both artificial intelligence (AT) and
mainstream computer science. Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what we …

A framework for pragmatic analysis is proposed which treats discourse as a game, with
context as a scoreboard organized around the questions under discussion by the …

Intelligent agents are employed as the central characters in this introductory text. Beginning
with elementary reactive agents, Nilsson gradually increases their cognitive horsepower to …

A new computational framework is presented, called agent-oriented programming (AOP),
which can be viewed as a specialization of object-oriented programming. The state of an …

Jason is an Open Source interpreter for an extended version of AgentSpeak–a logic-based
agent-oriented programming language–written in JavaTM. It enables users to build complex …

This paper explores principles governing the rational balance among an agent's beliefs,
goals, actions, and intentions. Such principles provide specifications for artificial agents, and …

When we think of the ways we use language, we think of face-to-face conversations,
telephone conversations, reading and writing, and even talking to oneself. These are arenas …

The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
mainstream computer science. In this article, we present a survey of what we perceive to be …