Developing Automated Deceptions and the Impact on Trust

Philosophy and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-105

  Grodzinsky, Frances S ^a   Miller, Keith W ^b   Wolf, Marty J ^c  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial agents; Deception; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924352499     PISSN: 22105433     EISSN: 22105441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13347-014-0158-7     Document Type: Article

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