25 citations · 48 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for
13 papers
Moving Virtual Agents Forward in Space and Time
Gabriel F. Silva, Paulo Knob, Carlos G. Johansson +2
This article proposes an adaptation from the model of Bianco for fast-forwarding agents in crowd simulation, which enables us to accurately fast forward agents in time. Besides bei…
LODUS: A Multi-Level Framework for Simulating Environment and Population -- A Contagion Experiment on a Pandemic World
Gabriel Fonseca Silva, Vinícius Cassol, Amyr Borges Fortes Neto +4
Nowadays we are experiencing a way of life that never existed before. The pandemic has sharply changed our habits, customs, and behavior. In addition, a lot of work was suddenly re…
Perception of Personality Traits in Crowds of Virtual Humans
Lucas Nardino, Enzo Krzmienszki, Vinícius Jurinic Cassol +6
This paper proposes a perceptual visual analysis regarding the personality of virtual humans. Many studies have presented findings regarding the way human beings perceive virtual h…
Is my agent good enough? Evaluating Embodied Conversational Agents with Long and Short-term interactions
Juliane B. S. dos Santos, Paulo Ricardo Knob, Victor Putrich Scherer +1
The use of digital resources has been increasing in every instance of todays society, being it in business or even ludic purposes. Despite such ever increasing use of technologies…
Arthur: a new ECA that uses Memory to improve Communication
Paulo Knob, Willian S. Dias, Natanael Kuniechick +2
This article proposes an embodied conversational agent named Arthur. In addition to being able to talk to a person (using text and voice), he is also able to recognize the person h…
Detecting Personality and Emotion Traits in Crowds from Video Sequences
Rodolfo Migon Favaretto, Paulo Knob, Soraia Raupp Musse +2
This paper presents a methodology to detect personality and basic emotion characteristics of crowds in video sequences. Firstly, individuals are detected and tracked, then groups a…