Evaluating a realistic agent in an advice-giving task

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 304-327

  Berry, Dianne C ^a   Butler, Laurie T ^a   De Rosis, Fiorella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour consistency; Believability; Embodied animated agents; Evaluation methods

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; DISPLAY DEVICES; FACE RECOGNITION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER); USER INTERFACES;

ANIMATED AGENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; MEMORY PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MESSAGES;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 23044485032     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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