Story and discourse: A bipartite model of narrative generation in virtual worlds

Interaction Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-208

  Young, R Michael ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Cognitive models; Discourse generation; Interactive narrative; Planning; Suspense

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049084855     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.8.2.02you     Document Type: Article

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