Abstract
The goal of this paper is to integrate culture as a computational term in embodied conversational agents by employing an empirical data-driven approach as well as a theoretical model-driven approach. We propose a parameter-based model that predicts nonverbal expressions appropriate for specific cultures. First, we introduce the Hofstede theory to describe socio-cultural characteristics of each country. Then, based on the previous studies in cultural differences of nonverbal behaviors, we propose expressive parameters to characterize nonverbal behaviors. Finally, by integrating socio-cultural characteristics and nonverbal expressive characteristics, we establish a Bayesian network model that predicts posture expressiveness from a country name, and vice versa
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction : Intelligent and Ubiquitous Interaction Environments |
Editors | Constantine Stephanidis |
Number of pages | 10 |
Volume | 5615/2009 |
Publisher | Springer |
Publication date | 2009 |
Pages | 631-640 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-642-02709-3 |
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Publication status | Published - 2009 |