Integrating embodied conversational agent components with a generic framework

Multiagent and Grid Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-386

  Huang, Hung Hsuan ^a   Cerekovic, Aleksandra ^b   Tarasenko, Kateryna ^a   Levacic, Vjekoslav ^b   Zoric, Goranka ^b   Pandzic, Igor S ^b   Nakano, Yukiko ^c   Nishida, Toyoaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c SEIKEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blackboard; Distributed system; Embodied conversational agent; Multi modal interaction; User interface

Indexed keywords

GESTURE RECOGNITION;

BLACKBOARD; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENT; FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION; HIGH-LEVEL PROTOCOLS; LIFE-LIKE CHARACTERS; MULTI-MODAL INTERACTIONS; SYSTEM PROTOTYPING;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 85006317535     PISSN: 15741702     EISSN: 18759076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/MGS-2008-4404     Document Type: Article

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