Computational Models of Motivation for Game-Playing Agents

• Main Author: Merrick, Kathryn E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Data mining.; Artificial intelligence.; Computational intelligence.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computational Intelligence.; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.

The focus of this book is on three influential cognitive motives: achievement, affiliation, and power motivation. Incentive-based theories of achievement, affiliation and power motivation are the basis for competence-seeking behaviour, relationship-building, leadership, and resource-controlling beha...

Table of Contents:

• From Player Types to Motivation
• Computational Models of Achievement, Affiliation, and Power Motivation
• Game Playing Agents and Non-player Characters
• Achievement Motivation
• Profiles of Achievement, Affiliation, and Power Motivation
• Enemies
• Pets and Partner Characters
• Support Characters
• Evolution of Motivated Agents
• Conclusion and Future Work. .