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ANTS: Agent-Based Navigational Training System
There is an explosive growth of e-learning trend during the last few years. More and more learning resources are generated by different purposes in the world. How to make the learning resources to be sharable ...
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A Knowledge-Based Scenario Framework to Support Intelligent Planning Characters
Agent technologies have been successfully applied to craft believable characters in interactive scenarios. However, intelligent characters specialized for a controlled scenario with a predefined story are inad...
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Using Ontology to Establish Social Context and Support Social Reasoning
Believable agents are required to express human-like characteristics. While most recent research focus on graphics and plan execution, few concentrate on the issue of flexible interactions by reasoning about s...
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A Flexible Display by Integrating a Wall-Size Display and Steerable Projectors
Many wall-size display systems are built to provide large-scale visualization. These systems may be quite successful for some limited applications, but are very inflexible, since these systems only have fixed ...
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A Mental Workload Predicator Model for the Design of Pre Alarm Systems
This study investigated the operator’s mental workload of the fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan. An experiment including the primary and secondary tasks was designed to simulate the reactor shutdown procedu...
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Face Detector Design for an Expression Robot
In this paper, the design and implementation of an expression robot with 10 degrees of freedom (DOF) is presented. The robot is capable to express some emotions to the human. A processer with an FPGA chip is u...
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UNION: An Efficient Map** Tool Using UniMark with Non-overlap** Interval Indexing Strategy
NGS has become a popular research field in biologists because it was able to produce inexpensive and accuracy short biology sequences very fast. NGS technique has been improved to produce long length sequences...
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CloudTSS: A TagSNP Selection Approach on Cloud Computing
SNPs are fundamental roles for various applications including medical diagnostic, phylogenies and drug design. They provide the highest-resolution genetic fingerprint for identifying disease associations and h...
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An Application of the Wireless Sensor Network Technology for Foehn Monitoring in Real Time
Foehn is one of the common climate phenomena in Taiwan because of geographical factors. The foehn is associated with high temperature and low humidity, which often leads to plant death and even causes serious ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Inferring Pragmatics from Dialogue Contexts in Simulated Virtual Agent Games
Virtual agents in video games may conduct two types of interactions: physical and dialogical. While the former is recognized as gazes and gestures, which received significant attention, the latter is often sim...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Frame-Based Approach for Reference Metadata Extraction
In this paper, we propose a novel frame-based approach (FBA) and use reference metadata extraction as a case study to demonstrate its advantages. The main contributions of this research are three-fold. First, ...
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Collaborative Modes on Collaborative Problem Solving
Collaborative problem solving (CPS) is an important skill for 21st-century workplaces. We examined the effects of two collaborative modes (learner-on-computer agent mode and learner-on-learner mode) on the CPS pe...
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The Implementation of a Kinect-Based Postural Assessment System
In some hospitals, rehabilitation professionals usually adopt the visual assessment incorporated with some posture charts to assess whether a patient has good postures while he or she is standing still or stre...
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Investigating Students’ Use and Evaluation of Video as a Form of Computer Assisted Language Learning Material
This study examined a group of English language learners’ use and evaluation of digital videos as a form of computer assisted language learning (CALL) material, as they were engaged to complete a video-based v...
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A Meta-analysis of Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Communities: The Moderating Effect of Membership Types
The willingness of individuals to share their knowledge in a virtual community has become an important issue for community success. However, when exploring the question “Why are people willing to share their k...
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Quad-Partitioning-Based Robotic Arm Guidance Based on Image Data Processing with Single Inexpensive Camera For Precisely Picking Bean Defects in Coffee Industry
In this paper, we propose a bean defect picking system with the quad-partitioning-based robotic arm guidance method, aimed at automatically and precisely picking bean defects in coffee industry. We assume the ...
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Enhancing Cultural Engagement: A Heuristic Evaluation of World Cultural Heritage Websites
Tourists usually visit cultural heritage websites before they travel to the actual sites. The design of the websites thus influences how an individual expect from the historical sites. This study aimed to inve...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Construction of Virtual Metrology Cloud Platform with Machine Learning Tools for Providing Factory-Wide Manufacturing Service
In recent years, more and more high-tech manufacturing plants have used virtual metrology technology to monitor the production quality of machines and processes. The principle of virtual metrology operation c...
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Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence Learning Platforms on Interest in and Attitudes Toward Learning
Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning technologies and research in deep learning are rapidly expanding, and there is a lack of AI learning platforms to support students in related courses. At present, an under...
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Develo** a Knowledge-Based System for Lean Communications Between Designers and Clients
Design is all about communication. Clients often have a difficult time expressing their needs to designers through the proper channels, leaving many designers struggling to meet the demands placed on them. The...