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The purpose of this chapter is to approach the issue of autonomous agents from a more technical, pragmatic and concrete point of view than that of the other chapters in the book. In particular, this chapter offers a contrasting perspective to Chapter 7.

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Madsen, C.B., Granum, E. (2001). Aspects of Interactive Autonomy and Perception. In: Qvortrup, L. (eds) Virtual Interaction: Interaction in Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3698-9_9

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