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This chapter presents the Neem Project, a research project that integrates intelligent agents and virtual participants into a distributed meeting environment. The agents incorporate knowledge about different aspects of a “good” meeting, or in the terms of the paper, they embody different models of how a meeting should proceed, and interfere in the meeting when they feel that it is appropriate to correct its course. Agents with similar goals are grouped into the same virtual participant, which channels the agents contribution through a single animated character. The implementation of different agents is discussed, as well as the software platform that allows for fast prototyping of different agents, and distributed meeting tools.
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Ellis, C., Wainer, J., Barthelmess, P. (2003). Agent-Augmented Meetings. In: Ye, Y., Churchill, E. (eds) Agent Supported Cooperative Work. Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9200-0_2
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