Does high-level behavior specification tool make production of virtual agent behaviors better?

Abstract

Quantitative results indicate that Java is as good as POSH in terms of subjective programmers’ preference and that there is no objective difference between qualities of created behaviors. The qualitative results suggest several useful but also troublesome features of POSH, some of which are shared by other languages, suggesting possible improvements.

Keywords

• Virtual agents
• Agent development techniques
• Empirical studies