Simulation-event variables

• Goal realization/blockage. The degree to which an agent interprets a situation as having contributed to the achievement or blocking of one of his or her goals. This is derived from a simulation feature value, or set of values, and represents a desirability continuum. Example: ``How big of a tip the waiter got for his services.'' Range: -10 to 10, where -10 represents complete blockage of a goal, and 10 complete achievement. No default, this must be specified by calculation from some feature value(s).
• Blameworthiness-praiseworthiness. The degree to which an observing agent interprets an observed agent as having upheld or violated one of the observing agent's principles, in some situation. This is derived from a set of simulation values, which might include values for the amount of effort expected in a given situation, the accountability of an agent as determined by role, and so forth. Range: -10 to 10, where -10 represents maximal blameworthiness, etc. No default.
• Appealingness. The degree to which an agent interprets a situation as containing an object (or agent construed as an object) that is seen as appealing. Example: how good the concert was. Range: zero to 10. No default.
• Repulsiveness. The degree to which an agent interprets an object as being repulsive. Example: how bad-smelling the person was. Range: -10 to zero. No default
• Certainty. The degree to which the appraising agent is certain that the event or act has, or will, actually come about. For example, if the simulation event is represented as hearsay, the certainty is likely to be less. Range: zero to 1, with 1 being complete certainty. Default 1.
• Sense-of-reality. The degree to which a situation is perceived as real by an agent. For example, a client's suspension of disbelief is likely to depend on the degree to which a salesperson is able to make a hypothetical event seem real. Range: zero to 1. Default 1.
• Temporal proximity. The distance, in time, of a situation that is being appraised. More recent events, and expected events that are closer to coming about, generate more intense emotions. This is particularly useful in the AR as a way of creating recurrent instances in of an emotion (i.e., rumination). Range: zero to 1. Default 1.
• Surprisingness. The degree to which the agent is likely to be surprised by the simulation event. This represents deviation from norms, and in particular, roles. This is, in general, difficult to represent. Note that this is not a measure of expectation (see the footnote above). Range: 1 to 3, with 3 being intensely surprising. Default 1.
• Effort. The degree to which an agent has invested resources in achieving the goal, or in upholding the standard. This is not a factor for preferences. Range: zero to 3. Default 1.
• Deservingness. The degree to which the agent believes that the subject agent is deserving of the good or bad fortune (for the subject agent) that appears to stem from the simulation event. The intensity of a fortunes-of-others emotion is dependent only upon whether the experiencing agent is happy or unhappy about the other's fortune and the perception of their deservingness, and not the perceived goodness or badness of the event for the other agent. If the agent is perceived as being deserving, then the emotion moves in a positive direction. If the agent is perceived as being undeserving, then the emotion moves in a negative direction. For example, gloating over an adversary's misfortune (a positive emotion), becomes more positive (i.e., more intense) as he or she is perceived as being more deserving, and becomes less positive (i.e., less intense) as he or she is perceived as being less deserving. On the other hand, pity will decrease if a friend is seen as being more deserving of the bad fortune, and will increase if he or she is seen as being less deserving of the bad fortune. Represented as a bias either toward deservingness or underservingness, and a strength, 1 to 3. Default 1.