The paper introduces elements of a methodology for the acquisition of descriptions of social scenarios (e.g. cases) and for their synthesis to agent-based models. It proceeds along three steps. First, the case is analyzed at signal layer, i.e. the messages exchanged between actors. Second, the signal layer is enriched with implicit actions, intentions, and conditions necessary for the story to ...

Department of Computer Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, 27695 [email protected] 919.513.3038 In this paper, we set out a basic approach to the modeling of narrative in interactive virtual worlds. This approach adopts a bipartite model taken from narrative theory, in which narrative is composed of story and discourse. In our approach, story elements – plot and character – ar...

Department of Computer Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, 27695 [email protected] 919.513.3038 In this paper, we set out a basic approach to the modeling of narrative in interactive virtual worlds. This approach adopts a bipartite model taken from narrative theory, in which narrative is composed of story and discourse. In our approach, story elements – plot and character – ar...

The problem addressed here is yet another artificial intelligence problem that is easily solved by young children yet challenges even sophisticated computer programs. This thesis’s canonical example is a scene featuring two entities drinking. In one scene, a cat drinks from a faucet. In the other, a human drinks from a glass. Even young humans can identify that the two images are similar in tha...

We present a system that uses evolutionary optimization to suggest new story-world events that, if added to an existing interactive story, would most improve the average interactive experience, according to author-supplied criteria. In doing so, we aim to apply some of the ideas from drama-managed storytelling, such as authorial aesthetic control, in an unguided setting more akin to emergent st...

the concept of diegesis (telling or recounting a story) originally appeared in plato's thesis as opposed to mimesis (showing or enacting a story). plato described diegesis as the third person style of expressing a fiction mediated by an author/narrator, whereas he proposed mimesis as the first person style of presenting a story by means of characters and actions. aristotle then applied mim...

since the beginning of the nineteenth century onward , arabic drama has preserved a close relation to the heritage. one of the most famous dramas s using the classical elements is “al-malik howa-l-malik” ( the king is the king) written by the syrian dramatist “sa’dallah wannous”. in composing this drama ,he has been inspired by one of one thousand and one nights fables namely “an-naim wa-l- yag...

In recent years, it is considerably attempted to develop the concept of energy dissipation as an applicable technology to overcome the energy released by earthquakes. The passive control systems such as metallic dampers have been widely considered. The dampers are basically used to mitigate the structural responses and reduce the damages in main structural elements by energy dissipation. ...

The rapid growth of on-line information including multimedia contents during the last decade caused a major problem for Web users there is too much information available, most of it poorly organized and hard to find. To help a user to find proper information, web news search functions are devised and developed. Although those search engines provide some solutions, users still suffer from readin...

Nader and Simin—A Separation is the first Iranian movie which won manyinternational awards as well as admiration from critics and the public. Many reviewsby critics, however, have revolved around problems in spousal relationships ofcouples in different social classes of Iran. Through highlighting the self-evidentdismantling elements and unreliable readings in the acting, directing, and even the...