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Initial Results for Measuring Four Dimensions of Narrative Conflict

Year: 2011

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Conflict is an essential element of interesting stories. In previous work, we proposed a formal model of narrative conflict. We also described 7 dimensions which can be used to distinguish one conflict from another: participants, subject, duration, balance, directness, intensity, and resolution. This paper presents the results of an experiment designed to measure how well our metrics for balance, directness, intensity, and resolution predict the responses of human readers when asked to measure these same values in a set of four stories. We conclude that our metrics are able to rank stories similarly to human readers.

Source: Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment

DOI: 10.1609/aiide.v7i2.12463

Authors: Stephen Ware, Brent Harrison, R. Michael Young, David Roberts

Institution: North Carolina State University

Language: English

Topic: Artificial Intelligence in Games

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2285859122

FWCI: 0.501

Cites: 24

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10