System design should be controlled by sound engineering principles. We discuss issues concerned with the derivation and formalisation of such principles that may be employed in the construction of specifications of in...
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Two groups of unilaterally brain-damaged adults and a normal control group were compared on tasks of symbolic (pantomime) and affective (gesture) non-verbal communicative abilities in an attempt to correlate non-verba...
An experiment was conducted to compare online computer manuals to paper manuals. For each type of manual there were two different database structures – a linear (sequential) structure and a tree structure. The result...
An experiment was conducted to compare online computer manuals to paper manuals. For each type of manual there were two different database structures – a linear (sequential) structure and a tree structure. The results showed that people using the paper manuals were faster at performing a switch setting task based on information in the manual than were people using the online manuals. No significant differences were found in speed of performance between the linear and tree structures. Nor were there any differences in the number of correct switch settings for the different types of manuals. The subjective evaluation data revealed that the online manuals were rated as better and judged to be more organized than the paper manuals.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2021, held in Singapore, Singapore, in November 2021. The conference was held as a hybrid event.
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(数字)9783030905255
ISBN:
(纸本)9783030905248
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2021, held in Singapore, Singapore, in November 2021. The conference was held as a hybrid event.
Welcome to the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, held September 14–16, 2009 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive characters tha...
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(数字)9783642043802
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(纸本)9783642043796
Welcome to the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, held September 14–16, 2009 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive characters that exhibit hum- like qualities and communicate with humans or with each other using natural human modalities such as speech and gesture. They are capable of real-time perception, cognition and action, allowing them to participate in a dynamic physical and social environment. IVA is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main forum for p- senting research on modeling, developing and evaluating IVAs with a focus on communicative abilities and social behavior. The development of IVAs requires expertise in multimodal interaction and several AI ?elds such as cognitive m- eling, planning, vision and natural language processing. Computational models are typically based on experimental studies and theories of human–human and human–robot interaction; conversely, IVA technology may provide interesting lessons for these ?elds. The realization of engaging IVAs is a challenging task, so reusable modules and tools are of great value. The ?elds of application range from robot assistants, social simulation and tutoring to games and artistic - ploration.
Great claims have been made about the benefits of dematerialization in a digital service economy. However, digitalization has historically increased environmental impacts at local and planetary scales, affecting labor...
Great claims have been made about the benefits of dematerialization in a digital service economy. However, digitalization has historically increased environmental impacts at local and planetary scales, affecting labor markets, resource use, governance, and power relationships. Here we study the past, present, and future of digitalization through the lens of three interdependent elements of the Anthropocene: (a) planetary boundaries and stability, (b) equity within and between countries, and (c) human agency and governance, mediated via (i) increasing resource efficiency, (ii) accelerating consumption and scale effects, (iii) expanding political and economic control, and (iv) deteriorating social cohesion. While direct environmental impacts matter, the indirect and systemic effects of digitalization are more profoundly reshaping the relationship between humans, technosphere and planet. We develop three scenarios: planetary instability, green but inhumane, and deliberate for the good. We conclude with identifying leverage points that shift human–digital–Earth interactions toward sustainability.
This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing, CollabTech 2021, held August/September 2021. Due to VOVID-19 pandemic is was held virtua...
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(数字)9783030850715
ISBN:
(纸本)9783030850708
This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing, CollabTech 2021, held August/September 2021. Due to VOVID-19 pandemic is was held virtually.
covers such issues as:;-Fundamental concepts such as 'information', 'data', 'message', 'communication', 'knowledge', 'organization', 'system' and so on;;-Propert...
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(数字)9780387356112
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(纸本)9781402071898;9781475761115
covers such issues as:;-Fundamental concepts such as 'information', 'data', 'message', 'communication', 'knowledge', 'organization', 'system' and so on;;-Properties of signs vital to organizational functioning, such as their meanings, the intentions they express and the valuable social consequences they produce;;-'Architecture' of organizations when they are viewed as information systems, based on their semiotics features;;-Understanding language in organizational contexts, for example, the limitations on the language used to conduct business affairs;;-The empirical study of communications for requirements elicitation;;-Applying semiotic categories (e.g. physical, empiric, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, social) to various problems;;-Organizational knowledge representation;;-Business process re-engineering methods and the design of e-commerce systems.
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