Evaluating a conversation-centered interactive drama

Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 24-31

  Mehta, Manish ^a   Dow, Steven ^a   Mateas, Michael ^b   MacIntyre, Blair ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Believable agents; Embodied conversational agents; Evaluation; Interactive drama

Indexed keywords

BELIEVABLE AGENTS; BRIDGE SYSTEMS; CONVERSATION SYSTEMS; DESIGN APPROACHES; DIALOG MANAGEMENTS; EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENTS; EVALUATION; INTERACTIVE DRAMA; LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING; PLAYER EXPERIENCES; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; STANDARD PRACTICES; SYSTEM OUTPUTS;

EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES; FUZZY CLUSTERING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 78650759263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1329125.1329135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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