Cooperative Multimodal Communication: Second International Conference, CMC'98, Tilburg, The Netherlands, January 28-30, 1998. Selected Papers / Edition 1

by Harry Bunt, Robbert-Jan Beun

Overview

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cooperative Multimodal Communication, CMC'98, held in Tilburg, The Netherlands, in January 1998.
The 13 revised full papers presented together with an introductory survey by the volume editors have passed through two rounds of reviewing, selection, and revision. The book offers topical sections on multimodal generation, multimodal cooperation, multimodal interpretation, and multimedia platforms and test environments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540428060
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	11/28/2001
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #2155
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.17(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Multimodal Cooperative Communication.- Multimodal Cooperative Communication.- 1: Multimodal Generation.- Generating Textual Diagrams and Diagrammatic Texts.- Pedro: Assessing Presentation Decodability on the Basis of Empirically Validated Models.- Improvise: Automated Generation of Animated Graphics for Coordinated Multimedia Presentations.- Multimodal Reference to Objects: An Empirical Approach.- 2: Multimodal Cooperation.- Augmenting and Executing SharedPlans for Multimodal Communication.- Cooperation and Flexibility in Multimodal Communication.- Communication and Manipulation Acts in a Collaborative Dialogue Model.- Relating Imperatives to Action.- 3: Multimodal Interpretation.- Interpretation of Gestures and Speech: A Practical Approach to Multimodal Communication.- Why Are Multimodal Systems so Difficult to Build? - About the Difference between Deictic Gestures and Direct Manipulation.- Multimodal Cooperative Resolution of Referential Expressions in the DenK System.- 4: Multimedia Platforms and Test Environments.- The IntelliMedia WorkBench-An Environment for Building Multimodal Systems.- A Unified Framework for Constructing Multimodal Experiments and Applications.