This paper presents the MADbot architecture which enables a motivated autonomous agent to generate goals in response to changes in its underlying drives or motivations, while it is both planning and executing. We use a Mars rover domain to illustrate the workings of this architecture and describe two ways of modelling motivations and goal generation: the first decouples the model of motivations...

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This study explores the importance of different motivations to visit three types of recreational settings--farms, private forests, and state or national parks. Data were collected via a mail-back questionnaire administered to a stratified random sample of households in Missouri (USA). Descriptive and inferential statistics reveal both similarities and discontinuities in motivations for visiting...

The topic of youth civic engagement is increasingly popular in social science research; however, the question of why some youth are civically involved while others are not is not well understood. This article addresses the following questions: What motivations and barriers do youth report for civic involvement? How do motivations and barriers differ across school contexts? A qualitative study u...