Imagination is generally regarded as a very powerful and advanced cognitive ability. In this paper we propose a modelling framework for what we call functional imagination: the ab...
Hugo Gravato Marques, Owen Holland, Richard Newcom...
Statistical user simulation is a promising methodology to train and evaluate the performance of (spoken) dialog systems. We work with a modular architecture for data-driven simula...
This tutorial introduces the MODSIM III language, showing how its simulation "world view" together with its object-oriented architecture and built in graphics contribute...
Emotion is an essential element of human behavior. Particularly in stressful situations such as combat, it is at least as important as rational analysis in determining a participa...
H. Van Dyke Parunak, Robert Bisson, Sven Brueckner...
A deterministic behavior of systems composed of several modules is a desirable design goal. Assembling a complex system from components requires also a high degree of re-usability....