Agent Autonomy

Autonomy is a characterizing notion of agents, and intuitively it is rather unambiguous. The quality of autonomy is recognized when it is perceived or experienced, yet it is difficult to limit autonomy in a definition. The desire to build agents that exhibit a satisfactory quality of autonomy includes agents that have a long life, are highly independent, can harmonize their goals and actions with humans and other agents, and are generally socially adept. __Agent Autonomy__ is a collection of papers from leading international researchers that approximate human intuition, dispel false attributions, and point the way to scholarly thinking about autonomy. A wide array of issues about sharing control and initiative between humans and machines, as well as issues about peer level agent interaction, are addressed. Front Matter....Pages i-vi A Prospectus on Agent Autonomy....Pages 1-10 Autonomy: Variable and Generative....Pages 11-28 Representing and Analyzing Adaptive Decision-Making Frameworks....Pages 29-54 Quantifying Relative Autonomy in Multiagent Interaction....Pages 55-73 Obligations and Cooperation: Two Sides of Social Rationality....Pages 75-102 From Automaticity to Autonomy: The Frontier of Artificial Agents....Pages 103-136 Adjusting the Autonomy in Mixed-initiative Systems by Reasoning about Interaction....Pages 137-158 Interacting with IDA....Pages 159-183 Policy-based Agent Directability....Pages 185-209 Adjustable Autonomy for the Real World....Pages 211-241 Adjustable Autonomy and Human-Agent Teamwork in Practice: An Interim Report on Space Applications....Pages 243-280 Back Matter....Pages 281-288