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ICIC
2005
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Automatic Construction of Bayesian Networks for Conversational Agent
Abstract. As the information in the internet proliferates, the methods for effectively providing the information have been exploited, especially in conversational agents. Bayesian ...
Sungsoo Lim, Sung-Bae Cho
MM
2005
ACM
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14 years 6 months ago
Multimodal expressive embodied conversational agents
In this paper we present our work toward the creation of a multimodal expressive Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA). Our agent, called Greta, exhibits nonverbal behaviors synchro...
Catherine Pelachaud
PERSUASIVE
2009
Springer
14 years 7 months ago
Persuading users through counseling dialogue with a conversational agent
We present an empirical study of the effect of a computer agent designed to engage a user in a persuasive counseling dialogue on attitudes towards regular exercise. We used two ma...
Daniel Schulman, Timothy W. Bickmore
IVA
2009
Springer
14 years 7 months ago
A Virtual Tour Guide for Virtual Worlds
In this paper we present an implementation of a embodied conversational agent that serves as a virtual tour guide in Second Life. We show how we combined the abilities of a convers...
Dusan Jan, Antonio Roque, Anton Leuski, Jackie Mor...
CHI
2004
ACM
15 years 24 days ago
Towards caring machines
The perception of feeling cared for has beneficial consequences in education, psychotherapy, and medicine. Results from a longitudinal study of simulated caring by a computer are ...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Rosalind W. Picard
CHI
2005
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
Acceptance and usability of a relational agent interface by urban older adults
This study examines the acceptance and usability of an animated conversational agent designed to establish longterm relationships with older, mostly minority adult users living in...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Lisa Caruso, Kerri Clough-Gor...
CHI
2006
ACM
15 years 25 days ago
Modalities for building relationships with handheld computer agents
In this paper we describe the design of a relational agent interface for handheld computers and the results of a study exploring the effectiveness of different useragent interacti...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Daniel Mauer