Accounting for Emotions in Multi-Agent Modeling and Simulation Systems

In this paper we describe our work in progress for exploring the role of emotions in the behaviour and decision-making of artificial agents in modeling and simulation systems. The computational model of emotions we are using is based on a multi-level theory of emotions that accounts for the three layers identified in the human emotional system: the sensory-motor level, the schematic level and the conceptual level. Our current interest lies in modeling and simulating the impact of emotions in the workplace, both at the individual and at the group level. We are working to incorporate our model of emotions into Brahms, a multi-level modeling and simulation system being developed at NASA Ames Research Center.