Cooperative performance system based on virtual agents

Author

Saiwaki, Naoki ; Kawabata, Jun´ichi ; Tsujimoto, Hiroaki ; Nishida, Shogo

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

4

fYear

1996

fDate

14-17 Oct 1996

Firstpage

3230

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a cooperative performance system based on virtual agents. To realize more intimate cooperation, it is necessary for the system to consider the feelings of the user, which reflect his/her personal taste and mental state. We propose a model of cooperation of the agents considering those feelings. In the model, emotional factors are expressed by the mental potential which is estimated based upon the relation between the agent´s behavior and the situation. The mental potential is used for cooperative decision making. A prototype system of creating a musical ensemble has been developed for evaluation and it is confirmed that the users were relatively satisfied with playing the music together with the agents

Keywords

cooperative systems; human factors; interactive systems; music; software agents; cooperative decision making; cooperative performance system; emotional factors; intimate cooperation; mental potential; mental state; musical ensemble; personal taste; user feelings; virtual agents; Concrete; Cooperative systems; Decision making; Humans; Information processing; Pattern recognition; Prototypes; Rhythm; State estimation; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1996., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3280-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1996.561503

Filename

561503