We introduce a framework for advanced behavioral animation in virtual humans, which addresses the challenging open problem of simulating social interactions between pedestrians in...
Computational models of motivation are tools that artificial agents can use to autonomously identify, prioritize, and select the goals they will pursue. Previous research has focu...
We discuss work carried out at the University of Salford (UK) and INESC-id (Portugal) on the design and implementation of interactive dramas in 3D graphics environments. We presen...
In Autonomic Computing, an application needs to be aware of its environment. While the term "environment" is not normally understood as being a physical environment, in ...
This paper introduces and describes an innovative modelling approach which utilises models that are synthesised through approximate calculations of user actions and extensive repr...