Intelligent Virtual Agents - 8th International Conference, IVA 2008, Tokyo, Japan, September 1-3, 2008, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2008, held in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2008. The 18 revised full papers and 28 revised short papers presented together 42 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 99 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on motion and empathy; narrative and augmented reality; conversation and negotiation; nonverbal behavior; models of culture and personality; markup and representation languages; architectures for robotic agents; cognitive architectures; agents for healthcare and training; and agents in games, museums and virtual worlds.

List of contents

Emotion and Empathy.- Narrative and Augmented Reality.- Conversation and Negotiation.- Nonverbal Behavior.- Models of Culture and Personality.- Markup and Representation Languages.- Architectures for Robotic Agents.- Cognitive Architectures.- Agents for Healthcare and Training.- Agents in Games, Museums and Virtual Worlds.- Posters.

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2008, held in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2008. The 18 revised full papers and 28 revised short papers presented together 42 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 99 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on motion and empathy; narrative and augmented reality; conversation and negotiation; nonverbal behavior; models of culture and personality; markup and representation languages; architectures for robotic agents; cognitive architectures; agents for healthcare and training; and agents in games, museums and virtual worlds.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mitsuru Ishizuka (Editor), Jame Lester (Editor), James Lester (Editor), Helmut Prendinger (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.12.2012
• EAN: 9783540854821
• ISBN: 978-3-540-85482-1
• No. of pages: 557
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 237 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 878 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 557 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; C, Künstliche Intelligenz, Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence, Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, Computermodellierung und -simulation, Wissensbasierte Systeme, Expertensysteme, computer science, Computer Communication Networks, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Information Systems and Communication Service, Computers, Computer simulation, Computer modelling & simulation, Simulation and Modeling, Expert systems / knowledge-based systems, User interface design & usability, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, User interfaces (Computer systems), Computer communication systems, Computer networking & communications, Computer Modelling