  In this paper, we present e-Genia3 an extension of AgentSpeak to provide
support to the development of empathic agents. The new extension modifies the
agent's reasoning processes to select plans according to the analyzed event and
the affective state and personality of the agent. In addition, our proposal
allows a software agent to simulate the distinction between self and other
agents through two different event appraisal processes: the empathic appraisal
process, for eliciting emotions as a response to other agents emotions, and the
regular affective appraisal process for other non-empathic affective events.
The empathic regulation process adapts the elicited empathic emotion based on
intrapersonal factors (e.g., the agent's personality and affective memory) and
interpersonal characteristics of the agent (e.g., the affective link between
the agents). The use of a memory of past events and their corresponding
elicited emotions allows the maintaining of an affective link to support
long-term empathic interaction between agents.
