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Recent advances in large language models have demonstrated strong reasoning and role-playing capabilities, opening new opportunities for agent-based social simulations. However, most existing agents' implementations are scenario-tailored,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Yuwei Yan , Jinghua Piao , Xiaochong Lan , Chenyang Shao , Pan Hui , Yong Li

We present a novel approach for generating plausible verbal interactions between virtual human-like agents and user avatars in shared virtual environments. Sense-Plan-Ask, or SPA, extends prior work in propositional planning and natural…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-02-11 Andrew Best , Sahil Narang , Dinesh Manocha

We discuss the emerging new opportunity for building feedback-rich computational models of social systems using generative artificial intelligence. Referred to as Generative Agent-Based Models (GABMs), such individual-level models utilize…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-01-15 Navid Ghaffarzadegan , Aritra Majumdar , Ross Williams , Niyousha Hosseinichimeh

Conversations with non-player characters (NPCs) in games are typically confined to dialogue between a human player and a virtual agent, where the conversation is initiated and controlled by the player. To create richer, more believable…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2017-06-22 Hannah Morrison , Chris Martens

Digital human generation has been studied for decades and supports a wide range of real-world applications. However, most existing systems are passively animated, relying on privileged state or scripted control, which limits scalability to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Hang Ye , Xiaoxuan Ma , Fan Lu , Wayne Wu , Kwan-Yee Lin , Yizhou Wang

The ability of Large Language Models (LLMs) to mimic human behavior triggered a plethora of computational social science research, assuming that empirical studies of humans can be conducted with AI agents instead. Since there have been…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Simon Münker , Nils Schwager , Achim Rettinger

With recent and rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), understanding the foundation of purposeful behaviour in autonomous agents is crucial for developing safe and efficient systems. While artificial neural networks have…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Aswin Paul , Moein Khajehnejad , Forough Habibollahi , Brett J. Kagan , Adeel Razi

Traditional agent-based urban mobility simulations often rely on rigid rulebased systems that struggle to capture the complexity, adaptability, and behavioral diversity inherent in human travel decision making. Inspired by recent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Qi Liu , Can Li , Wanjing Ma

Generative agents have demonstrated impressive capabilities in specific tasks, but most of these frameworks focus on independent tasks and lack attention to social interactions. We introduce a generative agent architecture called ITCMA-S,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-09-16 H. Zhang , J. Yin , M. Jiang , C. Su

One of the main goals of robotics and intelligent agent research is to enable natural communication with humans in physically situated settings. While recent work has focused on verbal modes such as language and speech, non-verbal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Anna Deichler , Siyang Wang , Simon Alexanderson , Jonas Beskow

Generative Agents, owing to their precise modeling and simulation capabilities of human behavior, have become a pivotal tool in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIEd) for uncovering complex cognitive processes of learners.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Wei Zhang , Yihang Cheng , Zhirong Ye , Kezhen Huang

This study offers a new paradigm of individual-level modeling to address the grand challenge of incorporating human behavior in epidemic models. Using generative artificial intelligence in an agent-based epidemic model, each agent is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-12 Ross Williams , Niyousha Hosseinichimeh , Aritra Majumdar , Navid Ghaffarzadegan

Interacting with human agents in complex scenarios presents a significant challenge for robotic navigation, particularly in environments that necessitate both collision avoidance and collaborative interaction, such as indoor spaces. Unlike…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Lingfeng Sun , Yixiao Wang , Pin-Yun Hung , Changhao Wang , Xiang Zhang , Zhuo Xu , Masayoshi Tomizuka

A social interaction is a social exchange between two or more individuals,where individuals modify and adjust their behaviors in response to their interaction partners. Our social interactions are one of most fundamental aspects of our…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-02-01 Behnaz Nojavanasghari , Yuchi Huang , Saad Khan

Simulation-based theory development has yielded powerful insights into collective performance by linking social structure to emergent outcomes, yet it has struggled to extend to collective creativity. Creativity is hard to capture purely at…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Mirza Nayeem Ahmed , Raiyan Abdul Baten

This paper focuses on enhancing human-agent communication by integrating spatial context into virtual agents' non-verbal behaviors, specifically gestures. Recent advances in co-speech gesture generation have primarily utilized data-driven…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Anna Deichler , Simon Alexanderson , Jonas Beskow

Agent memory shapes how Large Language Model (LLM)-powered agents, akin to the human brain, progressively refine themselves through environment interactions. Existing paradigms remain constrained: parametric memory forcibly adjusts model…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Guibin Zhang , Muxin Fu , Shuicheng Yan

Computational thinking, and by extension, computer programming, is notoriously challenging to learn. Conversational agents and generative artificial intelligence (genAI) have the potential to facilitate this learning process by offering…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-06-17 Jacob Penney , João Felipe Pimentel , Igor Steinmacher , Marco A. Gerosa

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems have transformed various industries by autonomously generating content that mimics human creativity. However, concerns about their social and economic consequences arise with widespread…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Joao Tiago Aparicio , Manuela Aparicio , Sofia Aparicio , Carlos J. Costa

Socially interactive agents are gaining prominence in domains like healthcare, education, and service contexts, particularly virtual agents due to their inherent scalability. To facilitate authentic interactions, these systems require…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Oliver Chojnowski , Alexander Eberhard , Michael Schiffmann , Ana Müller , Anja Richert