Computational model of believable conversational agents

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2650, Issue , 2003, Pages 300-317

  Pelachaud, Catherine ^a   Bilvi, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; GAME THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENTS (ECA); HUMAN-HUMAN COMMUNICATION; NORMATIVENESS; WRINKLING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 23044466525     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-44972-0_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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