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A Cultural Decision-Making Model for Virtual Agents Playing Negotiation Games

TitleA Cultural Decision-Making Model for Virtual Agents Playing Negotiation Games
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsNouri, E., and D. R. Traum
Conference NameInternational Workshop on Culturally Motivated Virtual Characters,
Date PublishedSeptember 2011
Conference LocationReykjavík, Iceland
Abstract

We present a novel model of decision-making in social tasks for virtual humans. The model considers multiple valuations of the available choices in a decision set according to individual and social factors such as own utility, total group utility, and relative utility. Cultural differences are incorporated using Hofstede’s dimensional model of culture and affect the decision making process by changing the different weightings of the factors. We have integrated the decision model into the dialogue manager of a virtual human system, and developed protocols and
dialogue capabilities to support virtual humans in playing a simple negotiation game (Ultimatum Game). We present evaluations between both a culturally oriented virtual human and a person and between two virtual
humans (with different culture models).
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