Paul J. Feltovich

Chapter 12 Making Agents Acceptable To People (2008)

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Patrick Beautement, Maggie R. Breedy, Larry Bunch, Sergey V. Drakunov, Paul J. Feltovich, ...

Abstract. Because ever more powerful intelligent agents will interact with people in increasingly sophisticated and important ways, greater attention must be given to the technical and social aspects...

Human-Centered Computing Ten Challenges for Making Automation a “Team Player” in Joint Human-Agent Activity (2008)

Gary Klein, Klein Associates, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Robert R. Hoffman, Paul J. Feltovich, R. Hoffman, ...

We propose 10 challenges for making automation components into effective “team players ” when they interact with people in significant ways. Our analysis is based on some of the principles of...

16. Making Agents Acceptable to People (2008)

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Patrick Beautement, Maggie R. Breedy, Sergey V. Drakunov, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman, ...

Because ever more powerful intelligent agents will interact with people in increasingly sophisticated and important ways, greater attention must be given to the technical and social aspects of how to...

Concept Maps: Theory, Methodology, Technology (2008)

Robert R. Hoffman, Paul J. Feltovich, Lynne Roetzer, A. J. Cañas, J. D. Novak, F. M. González

Abstract. Knowledge recovery is the process of culling meaningful propositions from documents and crafting them in the form of Novakian Concept Maps, thereby making the material more useful and...

Coordination in Human-Agent-Robot Teamwork (2008)

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Paul J. Feltovich, Matthew Johnson, Larry Bunch, Maggie Breedy, Hyuckchul Jung, ...

Coordination is an essential ingredient of a teamworkcentered approach to autonomy. In this paper, we discuss some of the challenges and requirements for successful coordination, and briefly how we...

Human-Centered Computing Keeping It Too Simple: How the Reductive Tendency Affects Cognitive Engineering (2008)

Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman, Machine Cognition, David Woods, Axel Roesler, R. Hoffman, ...

Certain features of tasks make them especially difficult for humans. These constitute leverage points for applying intelligent technologies, but there’s a flip side. Designing complex cognitive...

Rosaceae: The rose family (2008)

Robert R. Hoffman, Paul J. Feltovich, Kenneth M. Ford, David D. Woods, Gary Klein, Klein Associates, ...

Multiflorae: Trans-species root stock In this essay, we concern ourselves with characterizations of the “new ” approaches to the design of complex sociotechnical systems, and we use a biological...

Corresponding author: (2008)

Paul J. Feltovich, Michael J. Prietula, K. Anders Ericsson, K. A. Ericsson, N. Charness, P. J. Feltovich, ...

The study of expertise has a very long history that has been discussed in several other chapters in this handbook (Ericsson, Chapter 1.1; Amirault & Branson, Chapter 2.2). The focus of this...

Klein Associates Inc. (2008)

Gary Klein, David D. Woods, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Robert R. Hoffman, Paul J. Feltovich

In this essay, we outline ten challenges for making automation components into effective “team players ” when they interact with people in significant ways. Our analysis is based on some of the...

Knowledge Acquisition for Application: Cognitive Flexibility and Transfer of Training in III-Structured Domains (2005)

Spiro, Rand J., Feltovich, Paul J., Coulson, Richard L., Jacobson, Michael, Durgunoglu, Aydin, Ravlin, Susan, ...

This report presents research findings concerned-with advanced knowledge acquisition of difficult material in ill-structured domains. The program had three interdependent aspects: (1) patterns of...

Running Head: Common Ground Common Ground and Coordination in Joint Activity (2004)

Gary Klein, Paul J. Feltovich, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, David D. Woods, Common Ground P

Common Ground P. 2 Generalizing the concepts of joint activity developed by Clark (1996), we describe key aspects of team coordination. Joint activity depends on interpredictability of the...

Dimensions of adjustable autonomy and mixed-initiative interaction (2004)

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Paul J. Feltovich, Hyuckchul Jung, Shriniwas Kulkarni, William Taysom, Andrzej Uszok

Abstract. Several research groups have grappled with the problem of characterizing and developing practical approaches for implementing adjustable autonomy and mixed-initiative interaction in...

Conceptual Knowledge Foundations for Naval Medical Training: A Scheme for Directed Curricular Planning and Instructional Design. (2003)

Feltovich, Paul J., Coulson, Richard L.

A mail survey was conducted among individuals associated with Submarine IDC program, including corpsmen, corpsmen instructors and medical officers. The purpose was to identify medical conditions...

Representation of Physics Knowledge by Experts and Novices. (2002)

Chi,Michelene T. H., Feltovich,Paul J., Glaser,Robert

The studies reported here investigate the representation and organization of physics knowledge in experts and novices. Four experiments investigate the existence of schemata for physics problems,...

Categorization and Representation of Physics Problems by Experts and Novices. (2002)

Chi,Michelene T. H., Feltovich,Paul J., Glaser,Robert

The representation of physics problems in relation to the organization of physics knowledge is investigated in experts and novices. Four experiments examine (1) the existence of problem categories as...

The Acquisition of Perceptual Diagnostic Skill in Radiology. (2002)

Lesgold,Alan M., Feltovich,Paul J., Glaser,Robert, Wang,Yen

Five experts, each with at least ten years of on-the-job experience since their residencies, and eighteen radiology residents in the first through fourth years of training diagnosed five standard...

Cognitive Flexibility Theory: Advanced Knowledge Acquisition in Ill-Structured Domains, (1998)

Spiro, Rand J., Coulson, Richard L., Feltovich, Paul J., Anderson, Daniel K.

Advanced knowledge acquisition in a subject area is different in many important ways from introductory learning (and from expertise). This paper discusses some of the special characteristics of...

Acquisition, Understanding, and Application of Biomedical Science Knowledge. (1998)

Feltovich, Paul J., Coulson, Richard L.

This is a final report on an equipment grant, to establish an artificial intelligence laboratory at Southern illinois University School of Medicine. The nature of the established laboratory is...

Learning, Teaching and Testing for Complex Conceptual Understanding. (1998)

Feltovich, Paul J., Spiro, Rand J., Coulson, Richard L.

Drawing upon our research which has revealed problems among medical students in their understanding of complex material, we propose in this paper that new visions of instruction and assessment are...

Conceptual Understanding and Stability, and Knowledge Shields for Fending Off Conceptual Change (1998)

Feltovich, Paul J., Spire, Rand J., Coulson, Richard L., Adami, Jans F.

The paper reports on the learning of difficult and complex concepts, the characteristics of these concepts that make them difficult for students to learn and understand well, the kind of...

IR A (1995)

Paul J. Feltovich, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, William J. Clancey, Matthew Johnson, Larry Bunch

Abstract. Joint activity, as we define it, is a mutually interdependent endeavor that requires a degree of predictability among participating parties so that they can coordinate. Coordination, in...