Title :
The complexity of testing a motivational model of action selection for virtual humans
Author :
De Sevin, Etienne ; Thalmann, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Comput. Graphics Lab., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne
Abstract :
After implementing a motivational model of action selection applied to autonomous virtual humans inspired by models of animals´ decision-making, the problem consists of testing it in good conditions for validation. Indeed this model has to respect the six criteria that we define according to Tyrell´s requirements for designing a mechanism of action selection. So we use the real-time framework VHD++ for advanced virtual human simulation and we define a simulated environment with many conflicting motivations. Finally a video shows the first results where the virtual human´s decision-making follows the six criteria and so validates our model in the simulated environment
Keywords :
behavioural sciences computing; computer animation; decision making; virtual reality; VHD++; autonomous virtual human; behavioral animation; decision-making model; Animals; Animation; Autonomous agents; Computational modeling; Computer graphics; Decision making; Humans; TV; Testing; Watches;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Graphics International, 2004. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Crete
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2171-1
DOI :
10.1109/CGI.2004.1309262