JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 2(9): 623-636, doi: 10.3217/jucs-002-09-0623
Linguistic Tools for Modelling Alter Egos in Cyberspace: Who is responsible?
expand article infoR. P. Van De Riet‡, J. F. M. Burg‡
‡ Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit de Boelelaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Corresponding author: R. Van De Riet ( fvdriet@cs.vu.nl )

© R. Van De Riet, J. F. M. Burg.
This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.
Citation: Van De Riet RP, Burg JFM (1996) Linguistic Tools for Modelling Alter Egos in Cyberspace: Who is responsible? JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 2(9): 623-636. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-002-09-0623
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Abstract
Alter Egos represent people in Cyberspace. An Alter Ego is a kind of intelligent agent who is active in performing actions in behalf of the person it represents. How these Alter Egos can be modelled and constructed is discussed. In this context the question whether Alter Egos can be held responsible is studied. The tools we use for the modelling process are using Linguistic knowledge and are logically founded. 1.) This paper is an extension of "Linguistic Tools for Modelling Alter Egos in Cyberspace: Who is responsible?", R.P. van de Riet and J.F.M. Burg, WebNet '96: The First World Conference of the Web Society, San Francisco, CA, October 1996