Developing an Autonomous Behavior of Virtual Users Based on Psychological Interpretation of Human Behavior to an Atypical Architectural Shape
AUTHORS
Young Lim Lee,Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & Psychotherapy, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Yun Gil Lee,Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Hoseo University, 20 Hoseo-ro 79beon-gil, Baebang-eup, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
ABSTRACT
Virtual users (VUsers) enable analytical and observable representations in human behavior simulations. By utilizing advanced, intelligent VUsers, architects can discover new inspirations for designs or problems that could be overlooked. This study describes a way to enhance VUsers’ intelligence, focusing on VUsers’ responses to atypical architectural spaces. In our previous research, we investigated users’ behavior in the atypical architecture spaces and the psychological causes of this behavior. In this study, we focus on computerization and systematic integration of our prior results in order to develop technology to automatically set the place where user behavior can be expressed in an atypical architectural design and VUsers can exhibit psychologically appropriate behavior. For this purpose, we investigated how to designate trigger spots, trigger viewpoints, and behavioral areas, which are necessary for the autonomous behavior of VUsers. The results of this research will be integrated into ActoViz, a user behavior simulation system.
KEYWORDS
Behavior Simulation, Expert System, Intelligent Agent, Virtual User, Atypical Architectural Design
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