A Database of Multimodal Data to Construct a Simulated Dialogue Partner with Varying Degrees of Cognitive Health

no code implementations • RaPID (LREC) 2022 • Ruihao Pan, Ziming Liu, Fengpei Yuan, Maryam Zare, Xiaopeng Zhao, Rebecca Jane Passonneau

An assistive robot Pepper has been designed to administer Referential Communication Tasks (RCTs) to human subjects without dementia as a step towards an agent to administer RCTs to dementia patients, potentially for earlier diagnosis.

Dialogue Management Management +1

Learning-Based Strategy Design for Robot-Assisted Reminiscence Therapy Based on a Developed Model for People with Dementia

no code implementations • 6 Sep 2021 • Fengpei Yuan, Ran Zhang, Dania Bilal, Xiaopeng Zhao

A Q-learning (QL) algorithm is then designed to achieve the best conversation strategy for the robot.

Q-Learning

A Simulated Experiment to Explore Robotic Dialogue Strategies for People with Dementia

no code implementations • 18 Apr 2021 • Fengpei Yuan, Amir Sadovnik, Ran Zhang, Devin Casenhiser, Eun Jin Paek, Si On Yoon, Xiaopeng Zhao

People with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) often show the problem of repetitive questioning, which brings a great burden on persons with ADRD (PwDs) and their caregivers.

Q-Learning