Multi-agent approach to designing an intelligent virtual agent for collaborative virtual environments

Nader Hanna, Deborah Richards

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Abstract

Increasing interest in Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) in different applications has imposed new requirements on the design of IVAs. On the one hand, these requirements include cognitive abilities, and on the other hand social and communication behaviour. The use of a Multi-Agent System (MAS) has been a successful approach to address the variety of evolving abilities needed by an IVA. In this paper, we propose a MAS approach to design an IVA that is able to collaborate with humans in a virtual environment. The proposed model simulates humans by including input, output and processing modules. In addition, the model coordinates the IVA’s verbal and non-verbal communication to convey its internal state while achieving a collaborative task.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationE4MAS 2014
Subtitle of host publicationInternational Workshop on Agent Environments for Multi-Agent Systems – 10 Years Later : Proceedings
Place of PublicationParis
PublisherE4MAS
Pages1-12
Number of pages12
Publication statusPublished - 2014
EventInternational Workshop on Agent Environments for Multi-Agent Systems – 10 Years Later - Paris
Duration: 5 May 20146 May 2014

Workshop

WorkshopInternational Workshop on Agent Environments for Multi-Agent Systems – 10 Years Later
CityParis
Period5/05/146/05/14

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