Method:  Computational Cognitive Modeling

We use ACT-R for most of our cognitive modeling work. We have also used Polyscheme (with Nick Cassimatis).

Altmann, E. M. & Trafton, J. G. (in press). Timecourse of Recovery from Task Interruption: Data and a Model. Psychonomics Bulletin and Review. PDF

Kennedy, W. G., Trafton, J. G. (in press). Long-term symbolic learning in Soar and ACT-R. Cognitive Systems Research.  PDF

Trafton, J. G., Schultz, A. C., Cassimatis, N. L., Hiatt, L. M., Perzanowski, D., P., Brock D. P., Bugajska M., & Adams W. (2006). Communicating and collaborating with robotic agents (pp. 252-278). In R. Sun (Ed.), Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: From cognitive modeling to social simulation.  PDF

Trafton, J. G., Schultz, A. C., Perzanowski, D., Bugajska, M. D., Adams, W., Cassimatis, N. L., & Brock, D. P. (2006). Children and robots learning to play hide and seek. Human Robot Interaction.  PDF

Trafton, J. G., Cassimatis, N. L., Bugajska, M. D., Brock, D. P., Mintz, F. E., & Schultz, A. C. (2005). Enabling effective human-robot interaction using perspective-taking in robots IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics---Part A: Systems and Humans. 35(4), 460-470.  PDF

Cassimatis, N. L., Trafton, J., G., Bugajska, M. D., & Schultz, A. C. (2004). Integrating Cognition, Perception and Action through Mental Simulation in Robots. Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 49(1-2), 13-23.  PDF

Altmann, E. M. & Trafton, J. G. (2002). Memory for goals: An activation-based model. Cognitive Science. 26(1), 39-83.  PDF

Cassimatis, N. L., Trafton, J. G., Schultz, A. C., Bugasjska, M. D., & Adams, W. (2002). A Task Domain for Combining and Evaluating Robotics and Cognitive Modeling Techniques. PERMIS 02.  PDF

Cassimatis, N. L., & Trafton, J. G. (2002). An Architecture for Human-Robot Interaction Based on Perspective Taking. AAAI Fall Symposium 2002.  PDF

Bugasjska, M. D., Schultz, A. C., Trafton, J. G., Taylor, M., & Mintz, F. (2002). Hybrid Cognitive-Reactive Multi-Agent Controller. IROS 2002.  PDF

Bugasjska, M. D., Schultz, A. C., Trafton, J. G., Gittens, S., & Mintz, F. (2001). Building adaptive computer generated forces: The effect of increasing task reactivity on human and machine control abilities. GECCO01.  PDF

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Greg Trafton

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