Enhancing Social Believability of Virtual Agents using Social Power Dynamics

Mojgan  Hashemian; Rui Prada; Pedro A. Santos; Samuel Mascarenhas

doi:10.1145/3267851.3267902

Enhancing Social Believability of Virtual Agents using Social Power Dynamics

Mojgan Hashemian, Rui Prada, Pedro A. Santos, Samuel Mascarenhas

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Abstract

Social Power, a pervasive feature in our daily life, has been proved to have a significant impact on Social Interaction; While the capability of maintaining a Social Interaction has an acknowledged role in Believability of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs). In this paper, we argue that an ability of reasoning and planning in the presence of Social Power enhances Social Believability of IVAs, leading to more rational interactions. With this aim, we focus on theoretical issues of agent modeling aiming at increasing intelligence and thereforebelievability of NPCs or agents of game-like simulations or serious games. Thereby, we propose a model of social power inspired by a recently proposed model, SAPIENT, based on a well-known theory of Social Power proposed by French and Raven.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Subtitle of host publication	IVA ’18, November 5–8, 2018, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	147-152
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450360135
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3267851.3267902
Publication status	Published - 5 Nov 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	18th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents: IVA 2018 - Sydney, Australia Duration: 5 Nov 2018 → 8 Nov 2018 https://iva2018.westernsydney.edu.au/

Conference

Conference	18th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Abbreviated title	IVA 2018
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	5/11/18 → 8/11/18
Internet address	https://iva2018.westernsydney.edu.au/

Keywords

Agent Modelling
Believable Virtual Agents
Intelligent Virtual Agents
Social Games
Social Power
Socially Intelligent Agent

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Hashemian, M., Prada, R., Santos, P. A., & Mascarenhas, S. (2018). Enhancing Social Believability of Virtual Agents using Social Power Dynamics. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents: IVA ’18, November 5–8, 2018, Sydney, NSW, Australia (pp. 147-152). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3267851.3267902

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Hashemian, M, Prada, R, Santos, PA & Mascarenhas, S 2018, Enhancing Social Believability of Virtual Agents using Social Power Dynamics. in Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents: IVA ’18, November 5–8, 2018, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, NY, pp. 147-152, 18th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, Sydney, Australia, 5/11/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3267851.3267902

Enhancing Social Believability of Virtual Agents using Social Power Dynamics. / Hashemian, Mojgan ; Prada, Rui; Santos, Pedro A. et al.
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents: IVA ’18, November 5–8, 2018, Sydney, NSW, Australia. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018. p. 147-152.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Article in proceeding › Academic › peer-review

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