A dimensional model for cultural behavior in virtual agents

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 552-574

  Mascarenhas, Samuel ^a   Dias, João ^a   Prada, Rui ^a   Paiva, Ana ^a  

^a INESC ID   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS; VIRTUAL ADDRESSES;

'CURRENT; AGENT ARCHITECTURES; CULTURAL ASPECTS; DIMENSIONAL MODEL; IMPLEMENTED ARCHITECTURES; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MODEL-BASED OPC; SPOKEN LANGUAGES; VIRTUAL AGENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 77954452373     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: 10876545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08839514.2010.492163     Document Type: Article

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