“...D. Marc Kilgour is Professor of Mathematics at Wilfrid Laurier University, Research Director: Conflict Analysis for the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic...”

“...This book is the first to bring together research material from different communities, Computer Science and especially Artificial Intelligence, and Social...”

“...Internet is starting to permeate politics much as it has previously revolutionised education, business or the arts. Thus, there is a growing interest in areas...”

“...Sadly enough, war, conflicts and terrorism appear to stay with us in the 21st century. But what is our outlook on new methods for preventing and ending them?...”

“...This book focuses on negotiation processes and how negotiation modeling frameworks and information technology can support these. A modeling framework for...”

“...To illustrate the rational-choice modeling of emotions, a game-theoretic model of frustration, in which players respond in anger to their lack of control, is...”

“...This chapter displays the structure of ideologies using a new technique called cognitive–affective mapping, portraying the cognitive and emotional relations in...”

“...Research on emotions has largely focused on their importance for the individual. However, our survival as a species has depended on our ability to efficiently...”