TY - BOOK ID - 219153 TI - Intelligent Virtual Agents : 8th International Conference, IVA 2008, Tokyo, Japan, September 1-3, 2008, Proceedings AU - Prendinger, Helmut. AU - Lester, James. AU - Ishizuka, Mitsuru. AU - IVA 2008 PY - 2008 SN - 3540854835 3540854827 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Computer simulation KW - Interactive computer systems KW - Virtual computer systems KW - Information Technology KW - Artificial Intelligence KW - Computer Communication Networks. KW - Artificial intelligence. KW - Data mining. KW - Computer science. KW - Computer simulation. KW - Information systems. KW - Artificial Intelligence. KW - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. KW - User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. KW - Simulation and Modeling. KW - Information Systems and Communication Service. KW - Computer modeling KW - Computer models KW - Modeling, Computer KW - Models, Computer KW - Simulation, Computer KW - Electromechanical analogies KW - Mathematical models KW - Simulation methods KW - Model-integrated computing KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Algorithmic knowledge discovery KW - Factual data analysis KW - KDD (Information retrieval) KW - Knowledge discovery in data KW - Knowledge discovery in databases KW - Mining, Data KW - Database searching KW - AI (Artificial intelligence) KW - Artificial thinking KW - Electronic brains KW - Intellectronics KW - Intelligence, Artificial KW - Intelligent machines KW - Machine intelligence KW - Thinking, Artificial KW - Bionics KW - Cognitive science KW - Digital computer simulation KW - Electronic data processing KW - Logic machines KW - Machine theory KW - Self-organizing systems KW - Fifth generation computers KW - Neural computers KW - Computer communication systems. KW - User interfaces (Computer systems). KW - Computers. KW - Automatic computers KW - Automatic data processors KW - Computer hardware KW - Computing machines (Computers) KW - Electronic calculating-machines KW - Electronic computers KW - Hardware, Computer KW - Computer systems KW - Cybernetics KW - Calculators KW - Cyberspace KW - Interfaces, User (Computer systems) KW - Human-machine systems KW - Human-computer interaction KW - Communication systems, Computer KW - Computer communication systems KW - Data networks, Computer KW - ECNs (Electronic communication networks) KW - Electronic communication networks KW - Networks, Computer KW - Teleprocessing networks KW - Data transmission systems KW - Digital communications KW - Electronic systems KW - Information networks KW - Telecommunication KW - Cyberinfrastructure KW - Network computers KW - Distributed processing UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:219153 AB - This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2008, held in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2008. The 18 revised full papers and 28 revised short papers presented together 42 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 99 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on motion and empathy; narrative and augmented reality; conversation and negotiation; nonverbal behavior; models of culture and personality; markup and representation languages; architectures for robotic agents; cognitive architectures; agents for healthcare and training; and agents in games, museums and virtual worlds. ER -