Networked computers and multi-agent systems (MAS) are commonly used as a platform for a new range of applications, many of which feature dynamic network infrastructures, heterogeneous components, unpredictable events, sub-optimal operation (failure to comply to specifications), incomplete and inconsistent information, absence of centralised control, and so on. This paper focuses on the role of ...

Curiosity is the strong desire to learn or know more about something or someone. Since learning is often a social endeavor, social dynamics in collaborative learning may inevitably influence curiosity. There is a scarcity of research, however, focusing on how curiosity can be evoked in group learning contexts. Inspired by a recently proposed theoretical framework [29] that articulates an integr...

This document reports on a brief literature review about social and cognitive functions of spatial features used when collaborating in both physical and virtual settings. Those concepts come from various fields like social, cognitive as well as environmental psychology or CSCW (Computer Supported Collaborative Work). I briefly summarize the social and cognitive affordances of spatial features l...

background: work settings provide a unique opportunity for health promotion interventions. considering the issue of obesity in employees, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the intervention based on new communication technologies and the social cognitive theory on weight control in the governmental employees of hamadan city, western iran in 2014. methods: this randomized control...

Many innovation studies focus on adoption behaviors at the individual and organizational level, while studies examine innovation adoption at the community and population level is relatively limited. These studies, focusing on the diffusion of an innovation across organizations, are important as they illustrate the dynamics of adoption behaviors in a broader context of socio-political factors. I...

The objective of this paper is to analyse some of the conceptual and methodological contributions that complexity theory can make to the study of socio-technical cooperative systems. The theory of complex systems has developed along two complementary, but nevertheless distinct, axes. Chronologically, the first unifying concepts of the complexity paradigm resulted from the study of non-linear sy...

in this article,we briefly analyse cognitive science and cognitive economics. generally, there are two main theories related to cognitive science and brain performance models. first theory which are inspired by computer and artifical intelligence and second the connectionist models. the connectionist theory is the most prevalent in cognitive science now. hayek and north ,the two nobel laureates...

When conducting location-based decision makings, people often rely on geospatial cognition to the real space than the exact physical distance in the real world. In fact, distance based on people’s geospatial cognition is useful in many respects of urban life. In this paper, we measure psychological proximity of urban areas by borrowing crowd’s experiences easily available from location-based so...

The main methodological approaches used in cognitive translation process research have hitherto been inspired by methods originally developed in the behavioural sciences, especially psychology. This article contends that mainstream experimental research in laboratory settings needs to be complemented with other methodological approaches such as qualitative, ethnographic research in order to be ...