Affect and machine design: Lessons for the development of autonomous machines

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-44

  Norman, Donald A ^a   Ortony, Andrew ^b   Russell, Daniel M ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN;

AUTONOMOUS MACHINES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0037235013     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.421.0038     Document Type: Article

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6. Originally presented at the IBM Autonomic Computing Summit at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, May 14-15, 2002.
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