Esteban GuerreroUniversity of Vaasa · School of Technology and Innovation. Computer science
Esteban Guerrero
Doctor of Philosophy in Computing Science
Assistant professor / Researcher.
Main interest: Artificial Intelligence: agents and non-monotonic reasoning.
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Introduction
I am assistant professor/researcher at University of Vaasa, Finland. My research is framed on Artificial Intelligence (AI) area. My main topics are: software agents, multi-agents systems, practical reasoning, non-monotonic reasoning (argumentation theory, answer-set programming) and knowledge representation (logic programming, ontologies, knowledge graphs)).
I also design/develop/test my own software prototypes building intelligent hybrid coaching systems = reasoning + machine learning
Additional affiliations
September 2016 - July 2021
Position
- Fellow
Description
- My research area is framed on Artificial Intelligence, with a special focus on Knowledge Representation, Non-Monotonic Reasoning, Argumentation theory and Logic Programming.
Education
April 2012 - June 2016
June 2010 - August 2011
August 1997 - May 2005
Publications
Publications (31)
Persuasion is an active research topic in artificial intelligence (AI), human-computer interaction (HCI), and social sciences. When persuasive technology has been designed, some HCI guidelines have commonly used disregarding the current AI state of the art, for example, ignoring autonomy and proactive AI behavior. In this paper, a systematic review...
Argumentation-based frameworks are used as a decision-making mechanism for software agents. This paper aims to investigate how a formal argumentation framework is affected when the underlying causal relationships of its theory is modified in counterfactual situations, the so-called “what if” scenarios. In contrast to previous approaches where causa...
Introduction: The Västerbotten Intervention Programme (VIP) in the Region Västerbotten Sweden is one of the very few cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programmes globally that is integrated into routine primary health care. The VIP has been shown as a cost-effective intervention to significantly reduce CVD mortality. However, little is known...
In this article, we present a design methodology for argumentation-based health information systems. With a focus on the application of formal argumentation, the methodology aims at eliciting requirements in regard to argumentation reasoning behavior, knowledge and user models, and business logic on levels below and above the argumentation layer. W...
A broad range of aspects are needed to be taken into consideration in the design and development of personalized coaching systems based on artificial intelligence methodologies. This research presents the initial phase of joining different professional and stakeholder perspectives on behavior change technologies into a flexible design proposal for...
Intelligent Assistive Systems (IASs) provide personalised support to individuals to increase their autonomy and competence in performing activities. The personalisation of such technology represents a particular challenge, for the individuals abilities typically change over time. The aim of this research was to explore a theory-based, activity-cent...
This paper is aimed at formalizing the interplay among a person to be assisted, an assistive agent-based software, and a caregiver. We propose general principles for designing the interplay between a person to be assisted and an agent based on formal argumentation theory to characterize the agent’s reasoning processes. These principles emerge from...
The use of physiological tests has received a lot of attention within high performance sport. One major motive for using physiological tests is to help the athlete enhance their performance (Tanner and Gore, 2013). However, to date, research undertaken in the field has not acknowledged or taken into consideration those that actually use the tests....
Based on an argumentation theory approach, we present a novel method for evaluating complex goal-based activities by generalizing a notion of qualifier defined in the health domain. Three instances of the general qualifier are proposed: Performance, Actuation and Capacity; the first one evaluates what a person does, the second how an individual fol...
This paper describes MAIoT, a Multiagent-based Architecture which aims to coordinate Internet of Things (IoT) devices. MAIoT is distinguished by its capabilities for allowing dialogues between IoT devices. To support theses dialogue capabilities, the IoT devices are wrapped into rational agents with reasoning and dialogue capabilities.
Supporting human actors in daily living activities for improving health and wellbeing is a fundamental goal for assistive technology. The personalisation of the support provided by assistive technology in the form of digital coaching requires user models that handle potentially conflicting goals and motives. The aim of this research is to extend a...
The aim of this research is to conduct a pilot study of a prototype that provides feedback using theory-based motivating messages developed by older adults, in a context of every day activities that include both physical and social activities. The prototype mobile application integrated the messages, a motivational model, and a personalization modu...
The overall aim of this research is to develop an adaptive digital coaching system that gives seniors personalized support for increasing physical activity, and promoting participation in social activity and their own care. The main research question is how can different behavioral and motivational factors of an individual be formally integrated in...
In this paper, we present an argument-based mechanism to generate hypotheses about belief-desire-intentions on dynamic and complex activities of a software agent. We propose to use a composed structure called activity as unit for agent deliberation analysis, maintaining actions, goals and observations of the world always situated into a context. Ac...
Supporting human actors in daily living activities for improving
health and wellbeing is a fundamental goal for assistive technology.
The personalization of the support provided by assistive technology in the
form of digital coaching requires user models that handle potentially con-
flicting goals and motives. The aim of this research is to extend...
![Fig. 5. Argument attack relationships display using WizArg [30].](publication/345152028/figure/fig3/AS:1020711896354820@1620368088868/Argument-attack-relationships-display-using-WizArg-30_Q320.jpg)
Tailoring assistive systems for guiding and monitoring an individual in daily living activities is a complex task. This paper presents ALI, an assistive system combining a formal possibilistic argumentation system and an informal model of human activity: the Cultural-Historic Activity Theory, facilitating the delivery of tailored advices to a human...
The main purpose of assistive technology is to support an individual's daily activities, in order to increase ability, autonomy, relatedness and quality of life. The aim for the work presented in this article is to develop automated methods to tailor the behavior of the assistive technology for the purpose to provide just-in-time, adaptive interven...
Theoretical frameworks have been developed for enabling software agents to evaluate simple activities such as walking and sitting. However, such frameworks typically do not include methods for how practically dealing with uncertain sensor information. We developed an argument-based method for evaluating complex goal-based activities by adapting two...
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) defines Functioning and Disability as the results of the interaction between the health conditions of a person and his/her environment. It considers a set of components and qualifiers to evaluate activity and participation. In this paper, we interpret a performance quantif...
Abstract In this paper, we introduce an argumentation approach which takes an extended logic program as input and gives a set of arguments with the respective disagreements among them as output. We establish the notion of an argument under the Well-Founded semantics and Stable semantics inferences, allowing us to identify arguments with stratified...
The aim for the research presented in this thesis is to develop theories, methods and technology which can detect, represent and evaluate purposeful human activity based on information, which is inconsistent, incomplete and which includes information about an individual's needs, goals and motives. The purpose is to provide instruments to the fields...
In this paper, an argumentation-based deliberative approach for fusing contextual information obtained from heterogeneous sources using a multi-agent system is introduced. The system is characterized by three different agents: an Environment Agent, an Activity Agent and a Coach Agent. These agents consider data from heterogenous sources of data. As...
This research addresses the research question: how to infer, explain and support humans activities? Since human purposeful activities are driven by needs, motives, preferences and circumstances in the environment which may change, a combination of theories is needed. In this setting, this work combines activity theory frameworks and formal non-mono...
We introduce the Assisted Living system ALI, which is a novel approach to providing assistance and support in activities of daily life. We integrate a human behavior theory with a default reasoning decision making framework. This integration allows us to model a decision making problem from a human activity centric point of view and at the same tim...
Recognizing and supporting human activities is an important challenge for ambient assisted living. In this paper we introduce a novel argumentation-based approach for dealing with human activity recognition. By considering a model of the world and a set of observations of the world, hypothetical fragments of activities are built. The hypothetical f...
Nowadays, Semantic Web Services recovery systems are based on the use of descriptions of inputs, outputs, preconditions, and results; neglecting some existing non-functional properties. In this paper, we define an experimental architecture (intended for Web service recovery) that improves the process of semantic-web-service discovery and retrieval...
Nowadays, Semantic Web Services recovery systems are based on the use of descriptions of in-puts, outputs, preconditions, and results; neglecting some existing non-functional properties. In this paper, we define an experimental architecture (intended for Web service recovery) that improves the process of semantic-web-service discovery and retrieval...
Projects
Projects (3)
DigiConsumers is a multidisciplinary research project for identifying solutions to improve the economic and consumer skills of young people between the ages of 13 and 25 especially in digital environments.
Digitalisation has changed a number of everyday habits, such as consumption, savings and other money-related activities.
Foto: Iiro Rautiainen
The goal of the research
Actions to promote digital and economic skills require a comprehensive understanding of young people’s consumption habits and economic behaviours, as well as the factors that influence them in digital environments.
The aim of the study is to find practical solutions to improve young people’s economic and digital skills and to promote sustainable consumption.
A multidisciplinary consortium
DigiConsumers is a multidisciplinary consortium focusing on changes in the consumption cultures, consumption and economic behaviours and economic and digital skills of young people. The project will be carried out between 2019 and 2025 and it is funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC) at the Academy of Finland.
Led by the University of Jyväskylä, the consortium also consists of University of Helsinki, University of Vaasa, Pellervo Economic Research PTT and Economy and youth TAT.
