A central problem in the analysis of teams of agents is to assess when a group of autonomous agents, who may have private beliefs and goals, know enough together to be able to achieve a goal, should they so desire. In this paper, we present a definition of joint ability in the presence of sensing. We show through some simple examples involving private and public actions that it makes appropriat...

In the example of the Venus statue there are the uncovered or so called original version and the covered or hidden version. Having the two objects, the visible and the covered, we have to acknowledge the fact that it is still an object, no matter of its presentation. These two different presentations of it are then divided into the known and the unknown. The statue covered with a veil raises mo...

This paper studies the reputation and transparency of cooperative movement in Malaysia. Keywords—Cooperative movement, reputation, transparency, web presence.

The authors examined whether the nature of the opponent (computer, friend, or stranger) influences Spatial Presence, emotional responses, and threat and challenge appraisals when playing video games. In a within-subjects design, participants played two different video games against a computer, a friend, and a stranger. In addition to self-report ratings, cardiac interbeat intervals (IBIs) were ...

An increase of asynchronous online discussions in website provides much opportunity for L2 learners from different global communities to be exposed to the target language at their own pace and time. However, no research looking at the essentials of social presence and cognitive presence in creating a supportive learning environment in such a context has been done. This study investigated the pa...