Daniel Moldt, Christian von Scheve
This
project explores the potential of a sociological contribution to the
field of emotional agents design. The incorporation of emotion models
in agents' behavior routines supposedly enhances the quality of
interactions for the user since a further dimension of interpersonal
interactions is accounted for. In this respect, current approaches to
emotional and believable agents design almost exclusively refer to
psychological theories of emotion. We work on an augmentation of these
existing approaches by referring to sociological theories of emotion to
account for social-structural qualities in the process of
emotion-elicitation and emotion expression. In particular, we focus on
the role of social norms and the relational structure of dyadic
interactions and their influence on emotion elicitation and emotion
expression. A further goal is the development of a sociologically
oriented user-model and a model of an agent's social self to support
and to extend existing state-of-the-art concepts.
Duration: since 06/1999
Keywords: Emotional Agents, Believable Agents, Human-Computer Interaction
[C.v.Scheve]
[D. Moldt]
[TGI]
