Methodology for the Analysis and Design of a Cognitive Model: Emotions and Artificial Conscience Simulation, Edition 1

This book develops a methodology for the analysis and design of behaviors, which include emotions. It provides a new perspective because perceiving is not the same as feeling. Emotions are of vital importance because they represent the guardian during the decision-making process, giving rise to consciousness.

The objective of this analysis and design is to create autonomous behaviors that can be encapsulated in intelligent agents, to anthropomorphize the spaces that humans inhabit.

These artificial entities, also known as virtual humans, are already among us helping with different tasks, causing both cognitive and physical interaction. Including emotions provides an enriched interaction, because these entities can perceive the emotional state of the human, which leads to greater intimacy. Consequently, the decision-making process is more appropriate because it takes into account not only the information coming from the environment but also the internal information underlying the emotions. In addition to the speed and accuracy in data processing.

To achieve this, tools from cognitive sciences, artificial intelligence and structures that interact based on rules containing imprecise information and reasoning with uncertainty are used. These rules allow the expression of causal relationships existing between these concepts.

This book is a journey through its seven chapters that goes from the foundations of human behavior to the analysis and design of the behavior of an artificial entity in a predetermined domain, considering emotions as part of the information necessary to make the most appropriate decision.

As a reflection, emphasis is placed on transdisciplinary as a primary element to develop these virtual humans and bring them to a reality in the environment that humans inhabit, whether with a digital or physical appearance.