A computational model of human emotion

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dc.contributor.authorWarner, Robert L.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Science and Applicationsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:52:51Zen
dc.date.adate2008-12-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:52:51Zen
dc.date.issued1991en
dc.date.rdate2008-12-30en
dc.date.sdate2008-12-30en
dc.description.abstractTo date, few computer programs have been constructed to express or understand human emotional states. None of these programs can detect a large spectrum of emotions from emotional situations, nor do any of them express emotions over more than one temporal dimension. A number of these programs used representations with domain restrictive structures. We have constructed a computational model of emotion that detects twenty-eight emotions and is non-domain specific. It reports emotional episodes, moods, and dispositions. The psychological theory behind the model draws extensively on the ideas developed in the book “The Cognitive Structure of Emotions,” by Ortony, Clore and Collins [Ortony et al. 1988]. To test the model, we implemented a contextual front end to the system to provide input data. The domain chosen was doctor/patient interaction scenarios. Because our model is domain independent, any context could have been chosen, and other such contexts are explored in this paper. Our model demonstrated its ability by detecting a considerable range of appropriate emotions from the test case.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 211 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12302008-063852en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302008-063852/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46472en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1991.W376.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 24339455en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1991.W376en
dc.subject.lcshEmotions and cognitionen
dc.subject.lcshEmotions -- Computer programs -- Researchen
dc.titleA computational model of human emotionen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science and Applicationsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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