They are located in different rooms and communicate through networked computers, using two pieces of software, a MOO system and a Whiteboard. The subjects play the parts of the detectives Sherlock and Hercule.
Suspects are programmed robots.
The two detectives explore rooms and find various objects which help them to find the murderer. The MOO environmen t. We have also augmented the standard MOO commands with others implemented specially for these experiments. All actions and communications are recorded. The subjects carry a notebook which automatically records the answer to all the questions that they ask, organizing it by suspect and subject, to allow easier retrieval.