The purpose of this paper is to show a contributor the required style for a paper for ECAI-2004 and PAIS-2004. The specifications for layout are described so that non-LTEX users can create their own style sheet to achieve the same layout. The source for the sample file is available for LTEX users. The PostScript and the PDF file is available for all. The layout is identical to ECAI’02 papers. T...

In therapy, as in all human activity, drama is both inevitable and necessary. It is inevitable because, during the human life-cycle, people are constantly confronted with dramatic changes and it is necessary because all transitions occur as a result of more or less dramatic experiences-in-action. Thus, it is not surprising that drama has been used for centuries both within the theatre and in va...

Interactive Drama is the ultimate challenge of digital entertainment. In this paper, from our seven year experience in Interactive Drama, we try to shape the history of the field and envision what will be (or should be) the future of this history. Two main directions in particular are stressed, because we feel that the success of Interactive Drama lies in these two directions. The first one con...

A drama manager is an omniscient agent responsible for guiding players through the story space and delivering an enjoyable experience to the players. Most drama managers only consider the designer’s intent. We present a drama manager that can provide personalized guidance while giving players the appearance of full agency. Our system is evaluated on an interactive storytelling game built with C...

Multi-part words in English language are hyphenated and hyphen is used to separate different parts. Persian language consists of multi-part words as well. Based on Persian morphology, half-space character is needed to separate parts of multi-part words where in many cases people incorrectly use space character instead of half-space character. This common incorrectly use of space leads to some s...

Declaration I declare that this thesis has not been submitted as an exercise for a degree at this or any other university and it is entirely my own work. I agree to deposit this thesis in the Univer-sity's open access institutional repository or allow the library to do so on my behalf, subject to Irish Copyright Legislation and Trinity College Library conditions of use and acknowledgement. Summ...

In interactive drama, whether for entertainment or training purposes, there is a need to balance the enforcement of authorial intent with player autonomy. A promising approach to this problem is the incorporation of an intelligent Drama Manager (DM) into the simulated environment. The DM can intervene in the story as it progresses in order to (more or less gently) guide the player in an appropr...

It is quite difficult for visually impaired individuals to read a physically printed material. necessity provide information flow and communication between other individuals. For this purpose, an alphabet has been developed With alphabet, which called the Braille it possible access written culture. There are special letters in designed impaired. development of technology, studies field have inc...