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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2015.133
Towards Narrative-Based Knowledge Representation in Cognitive Systems

Authors: Nicolas Szilas

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 45, 6th Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative (CMN 2015)

Abstract
The hypothesis according to which narrative is not only a prominent form of human com- munication but also a fundamental way to represent knowledge and to structure the mind has been limitedly but increasingly discussed for the last 40 years. However, in the realm of Artificial Intelligence, it did not lead to an elaborate model of knowledge representation, beyond scripts and cases. In this paper, we attempt to go further by identifying three differentiating features of narratives that may inspire novel forms of knowledge representation: transformation, conflict and unactualized events. In particular, these three features open the way for knowledge representation formalisms that take greater account of the co-existence of intertwined conflicting representations, with various validities and validity domains, beyond a purely factual representation of the world.
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Nicolas Szilas. Towards Narrative-Based Knowledge Representation in Cognitive Systems. In 6th Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative (CMN 2015). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 45, pp. 133-141, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)

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@InProceedings{szilas:OASIcs.CMN.2015.133,
  author =	{Szilas, Nicolas},
  title =	{{Towards Narrative-Based Knowledge Representation in Cognitive Systems}},
  booktitle =	{6th Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative (CMN 2015)},
  pages =	{133--141},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-93-4},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{45},
  editor =	{Finlayson, Mark A. and Miller, Ben and Lieto, Antonio and Ronfard, Remi},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2015.133},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-52871},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2015.133},
  annote =	{Keywords: cognitive science, narrative theories, knowledge representation}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2014.164
Where Story and Media Meet: Computer Generation of Narrative Discourse

Authors: Remi Ronfard and Nicolas Szilas

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 41, 2014 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative

Abstract
Story generation (including interactive narrative) consists of creating a narrative experience on computer by generating narrative events. It requires building an abstract computational model that can generate a variety of narrative events from a limited set of authored content. These models implement a "story logic", as they formalize the occurrence of an event in the story according to various algorithms. At the same time, these stories aim to be expressed to an audience using digital media, which requires a medium logic. In this contribution, we look at the relation between story logic and medium logic in the production of mediated narrative discourse. Using the terminology of Russian formalists and a metaphor borrowed from cinema production, we introduce three models of increasing complexity. In the first model, the story logic (fabulist) creates a fabula which is performed by the medium logic (director) to a screenplay then to the screen. In the second model, the story logic (screenwriter) generates a sjuzhet composed of narrative discourse acts that are staged by the medium logic (director). In the third model, the story and medium logics communicate bidirectionally as co-authors of the screenplay in order to render the story optimally.
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Remi Ronfard and Nicolas Szilas. Where Story and Media Meet: Computer Generation of Narrative Discourse. In 2014 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative. Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 41, pp. 164-176, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2014)

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@InProceedings{ronfard_et_al:OASIcs.CMN.2014.164,
  author =	{Ronfard, Remi and Szilas, Nicolas},
  title =	{{Where Story and Media Meet: Computer Generation of Narrative Discourse}},
  booktitle =	{2014 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative},
  pages =	{164--176},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-71-2},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2014},
  volume =	{41},
  editor =	{Finlayson, Mark A. and Meister, Jan Christoph and Bruneau, Emile G.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2014.164},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-46540},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2014.164},
  annote =	{Keywords: narratology, interactive drama, media adaptation}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.257
Towards a Computational Model of Dramatic Tension

Authors: Nicolas Szilas and Urs Richle

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 32, 2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative

Abstract
One of the approaches to generate narrative consists in modeling narrative in terms of a deep structure, as introduced by narrative theories in the middle of the 20th century. This papers revisits this computational approach, and raises the central issue of dramatic tension: Would it be possible to build a computational model of dramatic tension, where tension could be managed according to the well known ascending/descending dramatic curve? The paper describes a new computational model of narrative, based on a set of structural narrative elements (goals, tasks, obstacles, side-effects), a hierarchical and modular approach, a paradox-based model of dramatic tension and a solution for managing endings. The papers illustrates this theoretical model with a full example.
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Nicolas Szilas and Urs Richle. Towards a Computational Model of Dramatic Tension. In 2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative. Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 32, pp. 257-276, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2013)

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@InProceedings{szilas_et_al:OASIcs.CMN.2013.257,
  author =	{Szilas, Nicolas and Richle, Urs},
  title =	{{Towards a Computational Model of Dramatic Tension}},
  booktitle =	{2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative},
  pages =	{257--276},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-57-6},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2013},
  volume =	{32},
  editor =	{Finlayson, Mark A. and Fisseni, Bernhard and L\"{o}we, Benedikt and Meister, Jan Christoph},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.257},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-41647},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.257},
  annote =	{Keywords: computational model of narrative, dramatic tension, structural writing, structuralism, narrative theories}
}
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