@proceedings {938,
	title = {Interactive characters for cultural training of small military units},
	journal = {11th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents},
	year = {2011},
	month = {September 2011},
	pages = {426-427},
	address = {Reykjav{\'\i}k, Iceland},
	abstract = {CHAOS, the Combat Hunter Action and Observation Simulation, is an immer-
sive simulation training environment which gives small military units the expe-
rience of interacting with local Afghan villagers during a patrol. It is a physical
build-out of a housing compound in a mock Afghan village, with several life-
size reactive and interactive animated Pashto-speaking virtual characters. The
exercise requires an infantry squad to locate and interview a character named
Omar, communicating through a live human interpreter and attending to proper
protocol regarding Omar{\textquoteright}s family. Character animation and behavior is based
on extensive interviews with Afghan experts to provide a realistic setting of
the intended locale. The system combines virtual human technology, story engi-
neering, and physical set building to provide a compelling training environment
that can handle a full squad, requiring trainees to integrate tasks such as working
with an interpreter, dealing with non-English speakers from another culture, and
assessing information and disposition to make decisions in a mission context.},
	url = {http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/pdf2html.php?url=http\%3A\%2F\%2Fpeople.ict.usc.edu\%2F~traum\%2FPapers\%2F..\%2F..\%2F~leuski\%2Fpublications\%2Fpapers\%2FAggarwal-11.pdf\&images=yes},
	author = {Priti Aggarwal and Kevin Feeley and Morbini, Fabrizio and Ron Artstein and Anton Leuski and David R. Traum and Julia Kim}
}
