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Indirect Geoeconomic Influence: A Switching Dynamical Systems Framework for Mechanism Design
Nikolos Gurney, Boxi Fu, Soham Hans +1
We develop a formal framework for analyzing indirect geoeconomic influence. The influencing state (sender) does not attempt to change a target nation's policy directly. Instead, th…
TRIBE: Predicting Team Performance via Communication Behavior Ensembles
Ali Jalal-Kamali, Nikolos Gurney, David V. Pynadath +1
Designing autonomous agents that effectively assist human teams hinges on understanding team dynamics, often without task specific knowledge. We present TRIBE, a domain independent…
A Causal Model of Theory of Mind in Conflict for Artificial Intelligence
Nikolos Gurney
The paper proposes a structural causal model that determines when an AI system should engage Theory of Mind reasoning in conflict situations, using a DAG to link situational and ag…
The Theory of Mind Utility: Formal Specification of a Mentalizing Mechanism
Nikolos Gurney, Stacy Marsella
Inferring others' beliefs requires more than reading surface signals; it requires tracking who told them what, in what order, and how credibly. The Theory of Mind Utility (ToM-U) f…
Detecting Ambiguity Aversion in Cyberattack Behavior to Inform Cognitive Defense Strategies
Stephan Carney, Soham Hans, Sofia Hirschmann +4
Adversaries (hackers) attempting to infiltrate networks frequently face uncertainty in their operational environments. This research explores the ability to model and detect when t…
Guarding Against Malicious Biased Threats (GAMBiT): Experimental Design of Cognitive Sensors and Triggers with Behavioral Impact Analysis
Brandon Beltz, Po-Yu Chen, James Doty +16
This paper introduces GAMBiT (Guarding Against Malicious Biased Threats), a cognitive-informed cyber defense framework that leverages deviations from human rationality as a new def…