Affective Recommendation System for Tourists by Using Emotion Generating Calculations

An emotion orientated intelligent interface consists of Emotion Generating Calculations (EGC) and Mental State Transition Network (MSTN). We have developed the Android EGC application software which the agent works to evaluate the feelings in the conversation. In this paper, we develop the tourist information system which can estimate the user's feelings at the sightseeing spot. The system can recommend the sightseeing spot and the local food corresponded to the user's feeling. The system calculates the recommendation list by the estimate function which consists of Google search results, the important degree of a term at the sightseeing website, and the the aroused emotion by EGC. In order to show the effectiveness, this paper describes the experimental results for some situations during Hiroshima sightseeing.

Emotion Orientated Recommendation System for Hiroshima Tourist by Fuzzy Petri Net

We developed an Android Smartophone application software for tourist information system. Especially, the agent system recommends the sightseeing spot and local hospitality corresponding to the current feelings. The system such as concierge can estimate user's emotion and mood by Emotion Generating Calculations and Mental State Transition Network. In this paper, the system decides the next candidates for spots and foods by the reasoning of fuzzy Petri Net in order to make more smooth communication between human and smartphone. The system was developed for Hiroshima Tourist Information and described some hospitality about the concierge system.

Tourist Navigation in Android Smartphone by using Emotion Generating Calculations and Mental State Transition Networks

Mental State Transition Network which consists of mental states connected to each other is a basic concept of approximating to human psychological and mental responses. It can represent transition from an emotional state to other one with stimulus by calculating Emotion Generating Calculations method. A computer agent can transit a mental state in MSTN based on analysis of emotion by EGC method. In this paper, the Andorid EGC which the agent works in Android smartphone can evaluate the feelings in the conversation. The tourist navigation system with the proposed technique in this paper will be expected to be an emotional oriented interface in Android smartphone.