This volume is a collection of researchstudies on the modeling of emotions in complex
autonomous systems. Severalexperts in the field are reporting their efforts and reviewing the
literaturein order to shed lights on how the processes of coding and decoding emotionalstates
took place in humans which are the physiological physical andpsychological variables
involved invent new mathematical models and algorithmsto describe them and motivate these
investigations in the light of observablesocietal changes and needs such as the aging
population and the cost of healthcare services. The consequences are the implementation of
emotionally andsocially believable machines acting as helpers into domestic spheres
whereemotions drive behaviors and actions.The contents of the book are highlymultidisciplinary
since the modeling of emotions in robotic socially believablesystems requires a holistic
perspective on topics coming from differentresearch domains such as computer science
engineering sociology psychology linguistic and information communication. The book is of
interest both to experts and students since last researchworks on a so complex
multidisciplinary topic are described in a neat anddidactical scientific language.
