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Designing emotionally sentient agents

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Emotionally sentient systems will enable computers to perform complex tasks more effectively, making better decisions and offering more productive services.

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        Communications of the ACM  Volume 61, Issue 12
        December 2018
        104 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/3293542
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