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
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Titel | Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction : Intelligent and Ubiquitous Interaction Environments |
Redaktører | Constantine Stephanidis |
Antal sider | 10 |
Vol/bind | 5615/2009 |
Forlag | Springer |
Publikationsdato | 2009 |
Sider | 631-640 |
ISBN (Trykt) | 978-3-642-02709-3 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2009 |