In recent years, there have been several proposals that extend the expressive power of Bayesian networks with that of relational models. These languages open the possibility for t...
In this paper an operational model for the automatic generation of lifelike gestures of an anthropomorphic virtual agent is described. The biologically motivated approach to contr...
Spoken dialogue system performance can vary widely for different users, as well for the same user during different dialogues. This paper presents the design and evaluation of an a...
In this paper we develop a language of mobile agents called uPLAN for describing the capabilities of active (programmable) networks. We use a formal semantics for uPLAN to demonst...
The author describes a system for defining conversation policies that allows conversants to exchange explicit representations of how they use messages to get things done. This sy...