Abstract. This paper presents a human-aware software agent to support a human performing a task that demands substantial amounts of attention. The agent obtains human awareness in an adaptive manner by use of a dynamical model of human attention which is parameterised for specific characteristics of the human. The agent uses a built-in adaptation model to adapt on the fly the values of these parameters to the personal characteristics of the human. The software agent has been implemented in a component-based manner within the Adobe ® Flex ® environment.

Abstract. This paper presents a software environment providing human-aware ambient support for a human performing a task that demands substantial amounts of attention. The agent obtains human attentionawareness in an adaptive manner by use of a dynamical model of human attention, gaze sensoring by an eyetracker, and information about features of the objects in the environment which is parameterised for characteristics of the human specified above. The agent uses a built-in adaptation model to adapt on the fly, the values of these parameters to the personal characteristics of the human. The software agent has been implemented in a component-based manner within the Adobe ® Flex ® environment, thereby also integrating the Tobii ® eye-tracker. It has been applied in a setup for a task where the human has to identify enemies and allies, and eliminate the enemies.