Foreword -- Ruth Aylett -- References

Preface -- Birgit Lugrin -- Purpose of the Book -- Structure of the Book -- Terminology -- References

PART IV MODELING INTERACTIVITY

1 14 Interaction in Social Space -- Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson -- 14.1 Motivation -- 14.2 Models and Approaches -- 14.3 History/Overview -- 14.4 Similarities and Differences in IVAs and SRs -- 14.5 Current Challenges -- 14.6 Future Directions -- 14.7 Summary -- References

2 15 Socially Interactive Agent Dialogue -- David Traum -- Acknowledgements -- References

3 16 The Fabric of Socially Interactive Agents: Multimodal Interaction Architectures -- Stefan Kopp and Teena Hassan -- 16.1 Motivation -- 16.2 Models and Approaches -- 16.3 Current Challenges and Future Directions -- 16.4 Summary -- References

4 17 Multiparty Interaction Between Humans and Socially Interactive Agents -- Sarah Gillet, Marynel Vázquez, Christopher Peters, Fangkai Yang, and Iolanda Leite -- 17.1 Motivation -- 17.2 Models and Approaches -- 17.3 Advances in Multiparty Interaction -- 17.4 Group Datasets -- 17.5 Similarities and Differences in IVAs and SRs -- 17.6 Current Challenges and Future Directions -- 17.7 Summary -- References

5 18 Adaptive Artificial Personalities -- Kathrin Janowski, Hannes Ritschel, and Elisabeth André -- 18.1 Motivation -- 18.2 Psychological Background -- 18.3 Implementing Adaptive Systems -- 18.4 Evaluating Adaptive Systems -- 18.5 History/Overview -- 18.6 Current Challenges -- 18.7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References

6 19 Long-Term Interaction with Relational SIAs -- Jacqueline M. Kory-Westlund, Hae Won Park, Ishaan Grover, and Cynthia Breazeal -- 19.1 Motivation -- 19.2 What is Considered Long-term Interaction? -- 19.3 Relationship Models and Approaches -- 19.4 Designing Relational SIAs -- 19.5 History of Long-term Interaction with SIAs -- 19.6 Similarities and Differences in Social Robots, Virtual Agents, Voice Assistants, and other SIAs -- 19.7 Trends in Long-term SIA Research over the Past 20 Years -- 19.8 Current Challenges -- 19.9 Future Directions -- 19.10 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References

7 20 Platforms and Tools for SIA Research and Development -- Arno Hartholt and Sharon Mozgai -- 20.1 Motivation -- 20.2 Overview -- 20.3 History and Trends -- 20.4 Agent Platforms -- 20.5 Tools to Create Appearance and nonverbal Behavior -- 20.6 Tools to Model Interactions -- 20.7 Similarities and Differences in IVAs and SRs -- 20.8 Current Challenges -- 20.9 Future Directions -- 20.10 Summary -- References

PART V AREAS OF APPLICATION

8 21 Pedagogical Agents -- H. Chad Lane and Noah L. Schroeder -- 21.1 Background and Motivation -- 21.2 History of Pedagogical Agents -- 21.3 Designing and Implementing Pedagogical Agents -- 21.4 Empirical Status of Pedagogical Agents -- 21.5 Relationship with IVA and SR Research -- 21.6 Current Challenges -- 21.7 Future Directions -- 21.8 Summary -- References

9 22 Socially Interactive Agents as Peers -- Justine Cassell -- 22.1 Introduction -- 22.2 Peer Interaction -- 22.3 Research on Virtual Peers and SIAs as Peers -- 22.4 Models and Modeling -- 22.5 Future Work: User Modeling and Conversational Strategies -- 22.6 Ethics of Virtual Peers -- 22.7 Conclusions -- References

10 23 Socially Interactive Agents for Supporting Aging -- Moojan Ghafurian, John Muñoz, Jennifer Boger, Jesse Hoey, and Kerstin Dautenhahn -- 23.1 Motivation -- 23.2 History and Overview -- 23.3 Models and Approaches -- 23.4 Considerations -- 23.5 Current Challenges -- 23.6 Future Directions -- 23.7 Summary -- Acknowledgment -- References

11 24 Health-Related Applications of Socially Interactive Agents -- Timothy Bickmore -- 24.1 Motivation for Socially Interactive Agents in Healthcare -- 24.2 Models and Theoretical Frameworks -- 24.3 A Brief History of SIAs in Healthcare -- 24.4 Example SIA Systems in Healthcare -- 24.5 Similarities and Differences between IVAs and SRs for Health -- 24.6 Current Challenges -- 24.7 Future Directions -- 24.8 Conclusion -- References

12 25 Autism and Socially Interactive Agents -- Jacqueline Nadel, Ouriel Grynszpan, and Jean-Claude Martin -- 25.1 Motivation -- 25.2 Models and Approaches -- 25.3 History/Overview -- 25.4 Similarities and Differences in IVAs and SRs -- 25.5 Current Challenges -- 25.6 Future Directions -- 25.7 Summary -- References

13 26 Interactive Narrative and Story-telling -- Ruth Aylett -- 26.1 Motivation -- 26.2 Models and Approaches -- 26.3 History/Overview -- 26.4 Similarities and Differences between IVAs and SRs -- 26.5 Current Challenges -- 26.6 Future Directions -- 26.7 Summary -- References

14 27 Socially Interactive Agents in Games -- Rui Prada and Diogo Rato -- 27.1 Motivation -- 27.2 Models and Approaches -- 27.3 History/Overview -- 27.4 Similarities and Differences between Virtual and Robotic SIA -- 27.5 Current Challenges -- 27.6 Future Directions -- 27.7 Summary -- References

15 28 Serious Games with SIAs -- Patrick Gebhard, Dimitra Tsovaltzi, Tanja Schneeberger, and Fabrizio Nunnari -- 28.1 Motivation -- 28.2 Concepts of Learning and User Experience -- 28.3 History and Overview -- 28.4 Current Challenges and Future Directions -- 28.5 Summary and Conclusion -- References

16 Appendix A Challenge Discussion on Socially Interactive Agents: Considerations on Social Interaction, Computational Architectures, Evaluation, and Ethics -- Birgit Lugrin, Catherine Pelachaud, Elisabeth André, Ruth Aylett, Timothy Bickmore, Cynthia Breazeal, Joost Broekens, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Jonathan Gratch, Stefan Kopp, Jacqueline Nadel, Ana Paiva, and Agnieszka Wykowska -- A.1 Introduction -- A.2 Interview 1: Social Interaction -- A.3 Interview 2: Computational Approaches -- A.4 Interview 3: Evaluation -- A.5 Interview 4: Ethics -- A.6 Interview 5: Ethics in the Application of SIA for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders -- A.7 Concluding Remarks -- References

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