Toward a multi-culture adaptive virtual tour guide agent with a modular approach

AI and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-235

  Huang, Hung Hsuan ^a   Cerekovic, Aleksandra ^b   Pandzic, Igor S ^b   Nakano, Yukiko ^c   Nishida, Toyoaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c SEIKEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; EDUTAINMENT SYSTEMS; EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENT; FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION; INTERACTIVE TRAINING; MODULAR APPROACH; MODULAR FRAMEWORK; NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR;

USER INTERFACES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 70149108926     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-009-0213-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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