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Inferring user goals from personality and behavior in a causal model of user affect

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Cristina ConatiAuthors Info & Claims

IUI '03: Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces

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https://doi.org/10.1145/604045.604078

Published: 12 January 2003 Publication History

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We present a probabilistic model, based on Dynamic Decision Networks, to assess user affect from possible causes of emotional arousal. The model relies on the OCC cognitive theory of emotions and is designed to assess student affect during the interaction with an educational game. A key element of applying the OCC theory to assess user affect is knowledge of user goals. Thus, in this paper we focus on describing how our model infers these goals from user personality traits and interaction behavior. In particular, we illustrate how we iteratively defined the structure and parameters for this part of the model by using both empirical data collected through Wizard of Oz experiments and relevant psychological findings

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Index Terms

Inferring user goals from personality and behavior in a causal model of user affect
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. Computer-managed instruction
2. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Knowledge representation and reasoning
      1. Probabilistic reasoning
      2. Vagueness and fuzzy logic

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IUI '03: Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces

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DOI:10.1145/604045

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