Socially intelligent agents

the long version

"Socially Intelligent Agents serves as an excellent reference for a wide readership, e.g., computer scientists, roboticists, web programmers and designers, computer users, cognitive scientists, and other researchers interested in the study of how humans relate to computers and robots, and how these agents in return can relate to humans. This book is also suitable as research material in a variety of advanced level courses, including Applied Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Agents, Human-Computer Interaction, Situated and Embodied Al."--BOOK JACKET.