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TAKING INTO ACCOUNT USERS’ KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND PREFERENCES TO PERSONALIZE
ANIMATED ASSISTANT AGENTS
Blandine Ginon, Pierre-Antoine Champin, Stéphanie Jean-Daubias
INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT
Part of a research project on user assistance
Aimed at facilitating the definition and setup of assistance system for any given application
Without programming
Able to combine several assistance techniques
Animated agents
Counselor systems
Tutorials…
Personalized for each user according to
The context
The user’s specificities
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THE ANIMATED AGENTS
Used in many applications to assist the users
Various appearance, abilities, characteristics
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THE ANIMATED AGENTS
Some animated agents are epiphyte
Can be grafted onto a given application
Can perform action without perturbing its functioning
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DESCRIPTION AND REUSE OF ANIMATED AGENTS
Make possible their reuse by a generic assistant
Call them to perform action in a given application
Personalize their action
Description of animated agent in a common formalism
Describe the characteristics that they can take
Describe their abilities
Define actions that they can perform
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GRAMMAR FOR ANIMATED AGENTS DESCRIPTION
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GRAMMAR FOR ANIMATED AGENTS DESCRIPTION
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EXAMPLE OF CHARACTERISTICS
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EXAMPLE OF CHARACTERISTICS
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EXAMPLE OF CHARACTERISTICS
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GRAMMAR FOR ANIMATED AGENTS DESCRIPTION
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EXAMPLE OF A MESSAGE CHANNEL
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Hello! Hello! Hello!
GRAMMAR FOR ANIMATED AGENTS DESCRIPTION
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DEFINITION OF ACTION WITH PARAMETERS
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DEFINITION OF ACTION WITH PARAMETERS
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DEFINITION OF ACTION WITH PARAMETERS
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DEFINITION OF ACTION WITH PARAMETERS
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DEFINITION OF ACTION WITH PARAMETERS
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EXAMPLE OF AN ACTION WITH PARAMETERS
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EXAMPLE OF AN ASSISTANCE RULE
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If {application starts and (user’s knowledge : level=“novice”)}, Then {WebLéa performs ( action=Greet; text='Welcome + (user’s name)'; avatar=(user’s preferences))} And {WebLéa performs ( action=ShowButton; target=ButtonTutorial)}
Welcome John
EXAMPLE OF AN ASSISTANCE RULE
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If {application starts and (user’s knowledge : level=“novice”)}, Then {WebLéa performs ( action=Greet; text='Welcome + (user’s name)'; avatar=(user’s preferences))} And {WebLéa performs ( action=ShowButton; target=ButtonTutorial)}
Welcome John
CONCLUSION
Proposition of a grammar for animated agent description
It makes possible
Reuse by a generic assistant
Personalization according to
Context
Users’ specificities
The assistance designer doesn’t need to be able to program
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PERSPECTIVES
Use by a teacher
Definition of an assistance system suitable to his/her needs
For a learning environment
Provide personalized assistance to each learner
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