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From Simulated Dialogues to Interactive Performances

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Multi-Agent Systems and Applications II (ACAI 2001)

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In this contribution, we argue in favor of a shift from applications with single presentation agents towards flexible performances given by a team of characters as a new presentation style. We will illustrate our approach by means of two subsequent versions of a test-bed called the “Inhabited Market Place” (IMP1 and IMP2). In IMP1, the attribute “flexible” refers to the system’s ability to adapt a presentation to the needs and preferences of a particular user. In IMP2, flexibility additionally refers to the user’s option of actively participating in a computer-based performance and influencing the behavior of the involved characters at runtime. While a plan-based approach has proven appropriate in both versions to automatically control the behavior of the agents, IMP2 calls for highly reactive and distributed behavior planning.

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  1. Universität Augsburg, Eichleitnerstr. 30, D-86135, Augsburg, Germany

    Elisabeth André

  2. DFKI GmbH, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, D-66123, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Thomas Rist & Stephan Baldes

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Cybernetics, Czech Technical University, 166 27, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Vladimír Mařík , Olga Štěpánková  & Hana Krautwurmová ,  & 

  2. Rockwell Automation Research Center Prague, Americka 22, 120 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic

    Vladimír Mařík

  3. Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    Michael Luck

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André, E., Rist, T., Baldes, S. (2002). From Simulated Dialogues to Interactive Performances. In: Mařík, V., Štěpánková, O., Krautwurmová, H., Luck, M. (eds) Multi-Agent Systems and Applications II. ACAI 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2322. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45982-0_4

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