Training systems with intelligent virtual agents provide an effective means to train people for
complex, dynamic tasks like crisis management or firefighting. Virtual agents provide more
adequate behavior and explanations if they not only take their own goals and beliefs into
account, but also the assumed knowledge and intentions of other players in the scenario.
This paper describes a study to how agents can be equipped with a theory of mind, ie the
capability to ascribe mental concepts to others. Based on existing theory of mind theories, a …

Virtual training systems with intelligent agents provide an effective means to train people for
complex, dynamic tasks like crisis management or firefighting. For successful training,
intelligent virtual agents should be able to show believable behavior, adapt their behavior to
the trainee's performance and give useful explanations about their behavior. Agents can
provide more believable behavior and explanations if they, besides their own, take the
assumed knowledge and intentions of other players in the scenario into account. This paper …