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This paper proposes a framework for cognitive-based affective user modeling. Such framework relies on the idea that, to model affect in user models, one can use the situations experienced by the user as well as the observable behaviour of the user. These situations and behaviours, when interpreted under the light of a cognitive theory of emotions, will allow us to make inferences on the possible affective states of the user. Such type of approach will be here called cognitive-based affective user modeling. To describe the framework we will use a cognitive theory of emotions (the Ortony, Clore and Collins theory of emotions) as the basis for the representation of the affective states of the user. We will also illustrate the use of this modelling in the context of a virtual theatre, where children engage in collaborative story creation.
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Martinho, C., Machado, I., Paiva, A. (2000). A Cognitive Approach to Affective User Modeling. In: Paiva, A. (eds) Affective Interactions. IWAI 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1814. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10720296_6
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