Modeling parallel and reactive empathy in virtual agents: An inductive approach

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 166-173

  McQuiggan, Scott W ^a   Robison, Jennifer L ^a   Phillips, Robert ^a,b   Lester, James C ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective reasoning; Empathy; Human computer interaction; Intelligent virtual agents; Machine learning

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

AFFECTIVE REASONING; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SITUATIONAL CONTEXT;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84899918763     PISSN: 15488403     EISSN: 15582914     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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