Patrick Doyle

ABSTRACT When is a Communicative Agent a Good Idea? (2008)

Patrick Doyle

Research suggests humans treat computers in social ways. We understandably have an interest in building interfaces that use embodiment and natural language to conform to these social roles. However,...

Virtual Intelligence from Artificial Reality: Building Stupid Agents in Smart Environments (2007)

Patrick Doyle

As the nature of online gaming changes to accomodate vast, persistent virtual worlds, there is a growing need to populate them with inhabitants capable of dynamic, adaptable, fruitful interactions...

The Computerized Revised Token Test: Assessing the Impact of Age and Sound Intensity (2006)

Pratt, Sheila, Eberwein, Cynthia, McNeil, Malcolm, Ortmann, Amanda, Roxberg, Jillyn, Fossett, Tepanta, ...

The Revised Token Test (McNeil & Prescott, 1978, RTT) is a well-established test of auditory language processing disorders in persons with aphasia. A computerized version of the test, the...

Comparing connected language elicitation procedures in persons with aphasia: Concurrent validation of the Story Retell Procedure (2006)

McNeil, Malcolm, Eun Sung, Jee, Yang, Dorothy, Pratt, Sheila, Pavelko, Stacey, Fossett, Tepanta, ...

Connected language elicitation procedures used to describe and quantify language vary among the many sampling techniques; however, few studies have compared sampling procedures within the same study...

The extraction of a road centre line from airborne laser scanning data (2006)

Doyle, Patrick

Due to its speed and accuracy the Global Positioning System (GPS) is widely used as a data collection tool. Problems however can occur when this GPS data is used in conjunction with existing National...

Turbulent Drag Reduction of polyelectrolyte (DNA) solutions: relation with the elongational viscosity (2005)

Wagner, Christian, Amarouchene, Yassine, Doyle, Patrick, Bonn, Daniel

We report measurements of turbulent drag reduction of two different polyelectrolyte solutions: DNA and hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide. Changing the salt concentration in the solutions allows us to change...

Three-Month SPICA and 55-Item RTT Scores Did Not Predict 12-Month Patient-Reported Communication Difficulty and Distress (2005)

Doyle, Patrick, Matthews, Christine, Mikolic, Joseph, Hula, William, McNeil, Malcolm

To fully describe the impact of aphasia on one’s disablement experience, patient-reported indices of communicative functioning and communication-related distress must be considered. However, such...

Auditory Comprehension and Visual-Manual Tracking Dual-Task Performance in Aphasia: Preliminary Findings (2005)

Matthews, Christine, Hula, William, Fossett, Tepanta, Doyle, Patrick, McNeil, Malcolm

Impaired attention or its allocation has been proposed as an underlying mechanism for aphasic language performance deficits (e.g., McNeil, Odell, & Tseng, 1991). Therefore, aphasic language deficits...

Auditory Comprehension and Visual-Manual Tracking Dual-Task Performance in Aphasia: Preliminary Findings (2005)

Matthews, Christine, Hula, William, Fossett, Tepanta, Doyle, Patrick, McNeil, Malcolm

Impaired attention or its allocation has been proposed as an underlying mechanism for aphasic language performance deficits (e.g., McNeil, Odell, & Tseng, 1991). Therefore, aphasic language deficits...

Reduced Herbicide Rates—A Canadian Perspective1 (2004)

PATRICK DOYLE, MARIAN STYPA

Identification of the appropriate use rate is a critical first step in the herbicide development process because use rates affect product utility, market value, and the various risk assessments...

Turbulent Drag Reduction of polyelectrolyte (DNA) solutions: relation with the elongational viscosity (2003)

Wagner, Christian, Amarouchene, Yassine, Doyle, Patrick, Bonn, Daniel

We report measurements of turbulent drag reduction of two different polyelectrolyte solutions: DNA and hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide. Changing the salt concentration in the solutions allows us to change...

Turbulent Drag Reduction of polyelectrolyte (DNA) solutions: relation with the elongational viscosity (2003)

Wagner, Christian, Amarouchene, Yassine, Doyle, Patrick, Bonn, Daniel

We report measurements of turbulent drag reduction of two different polyelectrolyte solutions: DNA and hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide. Changing the salt concentration in the solutions allows us to change...

Design and Evaluation of Embodied Conversational Agents: A Proposed Taxonomy (2002)

Patrick Doyle

This workshop call demonstrates that our field is eager to move beyond first-generation generalist projects, toward a more mature practice. To do so, we seek to set up a common set of expectations...

A Modular and Extensible JVM Infrastructure (2002)

Patrick Doyle And, Patrick Doyle, Tarek S. Abdelrahman

Thispa er describes the design, implementaleme a d experimenta l eva lua ion ofa modula a d extensibleJa Virtua l Ma chine (JVM) infra structure, ca lled Jupiter. The infra structure is intended to...

A modular and extensible JVM infrastructure (2002)

Patrick Doyle, Tarek S. Abdelrahman

Rights to individual papers remain with the author or the author's employer. Permission is granted for noncommercial reproduction of the work for educational or research purposes. This copyright...

Turbulent Drag Reduction of polyelectrolyte (DNA) solutions: relation with the elongational viscosity (2001)

Wagner, Christian, Amarouchene, Yassine, Doyle, Patrick, Bonn, Daniel

We report measurements of turbulent drag reduction of two different polyelectrolyte solutions: DNA and hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide. Changing the salt concentration in the solutions allows us to change...

A modular and extensible JVM (2001)

Patrick Doyle, Tarek S. Abdelrahman

This paper describes our work-in-progress on the design and implementation of Jupiter: a modular and extensible Java Virtual Machine (JVM) infrastructure. Jupiter serves as a vehicle for our research...

A modular and extensible JVM (2001)

Patrick Doyle, Tarek S. Abdelrahman

This paper describes our work-in-progress on the design and implementation of Jupiter: a modular and extensible Java Virtual Machine (JVM) infrastructure. Jupiter serves as a vehicle for our research...

Jupiter: A Modular and Extensible JVM (2001)

Patrick Doyle And, Patrick Doyle, Tarek S. Abdelrahman

This paper desc4 bes our work-in-progress on the design and implementation of Jupiter: a modular and extensible Java Virtual Mac hine (JVM) infrastrucE3 e. Jupiter serves as a vehic[ for ourresearc h...

When is a Communicative Agent a Good Idea? (1999)

Patrick Doyle

Research suggests humans treat computers in social ways. We understandably have an interest in building interfaces that use embodiment and natural language to conform to these social roles. However,...

Tigrito: A Multi-Mode Interactive Improvisational Agent (1998)

Heidy Maldonado, Heidy Maldonado, Antoine Picard, Antoine Picard, Patrick Doyle, Patrick Doyle, ...

This paper presents the implementation of Tigrito, an affective computer character. We outline how Tigrito can be used to study chidren's sense of engagement and relationship with virtual toys...

Report No. KSL 97-09 Agents in Annotated Worlds by (1997)

Patrick Doyle, Barbara Hayes-roth

Virtual worlds offer great potential as environments for education, entertainment, and collaborative work. Agents that function effectively in heterogeneous virtual spaces must have the ability to...

An Intelligent Guide for Virtual Environments (1997)

Patrick Doyle, Patrick Doyle, Barbara Hayes-roth, Barbara Hayes-roth

In T. H. White's famous retelling of the Arthurian legend, the aged wizard Merlyn is tutor to the young boy Wart, who will grow up to be King Arthur. Through his magic, Merlyn changes Wart into...

An Intelligent Guide for Virtual Environments (1997)

Patrick Doyle, Barbara Hayes-roth

In T. H. White's famous retelling of the Arthurian legend, the aged wizard Merlyn is tutor to the young boy Wart, who will grow up to be King Arthur. Through his magic, Merlyn changes Wart into...

Guided Exploration of Virtual Worlds (1997)

Patrick Doyle, Patrick Doyle, Barbara Hayes-roth, Barbara Hayes-roth

As computers and computer networks become commonplace in the home and in our educational institutions, educators are searching for ways to make them effective tools for instruction. Virtual...

Agents in Annotated Worlds (1997)

Patrick Doyle, Barbara Hayes-roth

Virtual worlds offer great potential as environments for education, entertainment, and collaborative work. Agents that function effectively in heterogeneous virtual spaces must have the ability to...

Gurevich Abstract State Machines and Schonhage Storage Modi cation Machines (1997)

Scott Dexter, Patrick Doyle, Yuri Gurevich

Abstract: We demonstrate that Schonhage storage modi cation machines are equivalent, in a strong sense, to unary abstract state machines. We also show thatifone extends the Schonhage model with a...

Computer-Aided Exploration of Virtual Environments (1996)

Patrick Doyle, Barbara Hayes-roth

We introduce an intelligent "guide" that assists users in learning about and exploring in virtual environments, particularly MUDs. The guide itself acts independently of the user, while the...

On the mechanism of phenolic oxidative coupling reactions.

Patrick Doyle

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Pennsylvania State University.

Fast kinetics of chromatin assembly revealed by single-molecule videomicroscopy and scanning force microscopy

Ladoux, Benoit, Quivy, Jean-Pierre, Doyle, Patrick, Roure, Olivia Du, Almouzni, Geneviève, Viovy, Jean-Louis

Fluorescence videomicroscopy and scanning force microscopy were used to follow, in real time, chromatin assembly on individual DNA molecules immersed in cell-free systems competent for physiological...

Fast kinetics of chromatin assembly revealed by single-molecule videomicroscopy and scanning force microscopy

Ladoux, Benoit, Quivy, Jean-Pierre, Doyle, Patrick, Roure, Olivia Du, Almouzni, Geneviève, Viovy, Jean-Louis

Fluorescence videomicroscopy and scanning force microscopy were used to follow, in real time, chromatin assembly on individual DNA molecules immersed in cell-free systems competent for physiological...

Touring Machines: Guide Agents for Sharing Stories about Digital Places

Katherine Isbister, Patrick Doyle

Human understanding of the physical world frequently derives from the narratives we construct about it. Analogously, we can incorporate narratives in virtual spaces to give visitors a sense of place...