Creativity is a fundamental feature of human intelligence, and a challenge for AI. AI
techniques can be used to create new ideas in three ways: by producing novel combinations …

Margaret Boden presents a series of essays in which she explores the nature of creativity in
a wide range of art forms. Creativity in general is the generation of novel, surprising, and …

The ability to achieve oneʼs goals is a defining characteristic of intelligent behaviour. A
great many existing theories, systems and research programmes address the problems …

A review of the current state of the art of biomimetics, this book documents key biological
solutions that provide a model for innovations in engineering and science. Leading experts …

Replication or even modelling of consciousness in machines requires some clarifications
and refinements of our concept of consciousness. Design of, construction of, and interaction …

There is a huge diversity of definitions of “emotion” some of which are associated with
relatively shallow behavioural or measurable criteria or introspectable experiences, for …

Most of the research on multiagent systems has focused on the development of rational
utility-maximizing agents. However, research shows that emotions have a strong effect on …

This paper is about how to give human-like powers to complete agents. For this the most
important design choice concerns the overall architecture. Questions regarding detailed …

Much discussion of emotions and related topics is riddled with confusion because the key
words are used with different meanings by different authors. For instance, some fail to …

Operational Research models are well established as an effective tool for tackling a vast
range of health care problems. Many of these models involve parameters which depend on …