Planning-based social partners for children with autism

ICAPS 2013 - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 362-370

  Bernardini, Sara ^a   Porayska Pomsta, Kaśka ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AUTISM INTERVENTION; CHILDREN WITH AUTISMS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; PEDAGOGICAL AGENTS; SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS; SOCIALLY INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

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EID: 84889839249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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