Demonstration-based behavior programming for embodied virtual agents

Computational Intelligence

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-256

  Dinerstein, Jonathan ^a   Egbert, Parris K ^a,b   Ventura, Dan ^a   Goodrich, Michael ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3361 TMCB   (United States)

Author keywords

AI based animation; Behavioral animation; Cognitive modeling; Embodied virtual agents; Machine learning; Programming by demonstration

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

AI-BASED ANIMATION; BEHAVIORAL ANIMATION; COGNITIVE MODELING; EMBODIED VIRTUAL AGENTS; MACHINE LEARNING; PROGRAMMING BY DEMONSTRATION;

DEMONSTRATIONS;

EID: 55149093393     PISSN: 08247935     EISSN: 14678640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8640.2008.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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