Selecting and Expressing Communicative Functions in a SAIBA-Compliant Agent Framework

Angelo Cafaro; Merijn  Bruijnes; Jelte Barachia van Waterschoot; Catherine Pelachaud; Mariët  Theune; Dirk K.J. Heylen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-67401-8_8

Selecting and Expressing Communicative Functions in a SAIBA-Compliant Agent Framework

Angelo Cafaro, Merijn Bruijnes, Jelte Barachia van Waterschoot, Catherine Pelachaud, Mariët Theune, Dirk K.J. Heylen

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Abstract

In SAIBA-compliant agent systems, the Function Markup Language (FML) is used to describe the agent's communicative functions that are transformed into utterances accompanied with appropriate non-verbal behaviours. In the context of the ARIA Framework, we propose a template-based approach, grounded in the DIT++ taxonomy, as an interface between the dialogue manager (DM) and the non-verbal behaviour generation (NVBG) components of this framework. Our approach enhances our current FML-APML implementation of FML with the capability of receiving on-the-fly generated natural language and socio-emotional parameters (e.g. emotional stance) for transforming the agent's intents in believable verbal and non-verbal behaviours in an adaptive manner.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intelligent Virtual Agents
Subtitle of host publication	17th International Conference, IVA 2017, Stockholm, Sweden, August 27-30, 2017, Proceedings
Editors	Jonas Beskow, Christopher Peters, Ginevra Castellano, Carol O'Sullivan, Iolanda Leite, Stefan Kopp
Publisher	Springer
Pages	73-82
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-67401-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-67400-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67401-8_8
Publication status	Published - 26 Aug 2017
Event	17th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2017 - KTH, Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 27 Aug 2017 → 30 Aug 2017 Conference number: 17 http://iva2017.org/

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	10498

Conference

Conference	17th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2017
Abbreviated title	IVA
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	27/08/17 → 30/08/17
Internet address	http://iva2017.org/

Keywords

Dialogue management
Communicative function
FML
Multimodal behaviour
SAIBA

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Personal and Personalized Conversations: Designing Agents Who Want To Connect With You
van Waterschoot, J. B., 2 Dec 2021, Enschede: University of Twente. 257 p.
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Cafaro, A., Bruijnes, M., van Waterschoot, J. B., Pelachaud, C., Theune, M., & Heylen, D. K. J. (2017). Selecting and Expressing Communicative Functions in a SAIBA-Compliant Agent Framework. In J. Beskow, C. Peters, G. Castellano, C. O'Sullivan, I. Leite, & S. Kopp (Eds.), Intelligent Virtual Agents: 17th International Conference, IVA 2017, Stockholm, Sweden, August 27-30, 2017, Proceedings (pp. 73-82). ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10498). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67401-8_8

Cafaro, Angelo ; Bruijnes, Merijn ; van Waterschoot, Jelte Barachia et al. / Selecting and Expressing Communicative Functions in a SAIBA-Compliant Agent Framework. Intelligent Virtual Agents: 17th International Conference, IVA 2017, Stockholm, Sweden, August 27-30, 2017, Proceedings. editor / Jonas Beskow ; Christopher Peters ; Ginevra Castellano ; Carol O'Sullivan ; Iolanda Leite ; Stefan Kopp. Springer, 2017. pp. 73-82 ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Cafaro, A, Bruijnes, M, van Waterschoot, JB, Pelachaud, C, Theune, M & Heylen, DKJ 2017, Selecting and Expressing Communicative Functions in a SAIBA-Compliant Agent Framework. in J Beskow, C Peters, G Castellano, C O'Sullivan, I Leite & S Kopp (eds), Intelligent Virtual Agents: 17th International Conference, IVA 2017, Stockholm, Sweden, August 27-30, 2017, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10498, Springer, pp. 73-82, 17th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2017, Stockholm, Sweden, 27/08/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67401-8_8

Selecting and Expressing Communicative Functions in a SAIBA-Compliant Agent Framework. / Cafaro, Angelo; Bruijnes, Merijn ; van Waterschoot, Jelte Barachia et al.
Intelligent Virtual Agents: 17th International Conference, IVA 2017, Stockholm, Sweden, August 27-30, 2017, Proceedings. ed. / Jonas Beskow; Christopher Peters; Ginevra Castellano; Carol O'Sullivan; Iolanda Leite; Stefan Kopp. Springer, 2017. p. 73-82 ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10498).

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