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Humour, Relationship Maintenance and Personality Matching in automated dialogue: A controlled study

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Alannah Richardson,

Robert HurlingAuthors Info & Claims

Interacting with Computers, Volume 20, Issue 3

Pages 342 - 353

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2007.11.002

Published: 01 May 2008 Publication History

Abstract

We built an automated dialogue system whose style of interaction can be varied along the three dimensions of Humour, Relationship Maintenance and Personality Matching. We then ran a longitudinal experiment which investigated manipulations of these three dimensions. We explored the interaction of these separate dimensions on user perception of the system using a controlled study design. We showed a strong positive effect for the use of Humour and Relationship Maintenance, while the use of Personality Matching raised a number of questions which need further investigation.

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Index Terms

Humour, Relationship Maintenance and Personality Matching in automated dialogue: A controlled study
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence
      1. Intelligent agents
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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Interacting with Computers Volume 20, Issue 3

May, 2008

147 pages

ISSN:0953-5438

EISSN:1873-7951

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Kruijff-Korbayová IOleari EBagherzadhalimi ASacchitelli FKiefer BRacioppa SPozzi CSanna A(2015)Young Users’ Perception of a Social Robot Displaying Familiarity and Eliciting DisclosureSocial Robotics10.1007/978-3-319-25554-5_38(380-389)Online publication date: 26-Oct-2015
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