We describe a method using animated agents to investigate how humans recognize
conversational moods. Conversational moods are usually generated by conversation …

Contemporary organizations increasingly adopt conversational agents (CAs) as intelligent
and natural language-based solutions for providing services and information. CAs offer new …

Although there is an increasingly number of research about the design and use of
conversational agents, it is still difficult for conversational agents to completely replace …

Basilica is an event-driven software architecture for creating conversational agents as a
collection of reusable components. Software engineers and computer scientists can use this …

In the last five years, work on software that interacts with people via typed or spoken natural
language, called chatbots, intelligent assistants, social bots, virtual companions, non-human …

Advances in artificial intelligence algorithms and expansion of straightforward cloud-based
platforms have enabled the adoption of conversational assistants by both, medium and large …

Humanity has fantasized about artificial intelligence tools able to discuss with human beings
fluently for decades. Numerous efforts have been proposed ranging from ELIZA to the …

Conversational agents (CAs) are rapidly changing the way humans and computers interact.
Through developments in natural language processing, CAs are increasingly capable of …

Chatbots are emerging as a promising platform for accessing and delivering healthcare
services. The evidence is in the growing number of publicly available chatbots aiming at …

Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) are computer systems that have specifically designed
capabilities ranging from simple conversation agents to complex systems that can …