Bayesian reasoning for Laban Movement Analysis used in human-machine interaction

International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-35

  Rett, Jörg ^a   Dias, Jorge ^a   Ahuactzin, Juan Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Probayes SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian approaches; Bayesian reasoning; computer vision; human movement analysis; human machine interaction; human machine interface; Laban Movement Analysis; LMA; social robots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868131266     PISSN: 17550556     EISSN: 17550564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRIS.2010.029812     Document Type: Article

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