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Switch-based Active Deep Dyna-Q: Efficient Adaptive Planning for Task-Completion Dialogue Policy Learning

open access: yes, 2018
Training task-completion dialogue agents with reinforcement learning usually requires a large number of real user experiences. The Dyna-Q algorithm extends Q-learning by integrating a world model, and thus can effectively boost training efficiency using ...
Gao, Jianfeng   +4 more
core   +1 more source

‘It's Like a Horror Movie That You Walk Through’: Experiencing Horror Through Immersive Recreation

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Horror stories have provided enjoyable forms of leisure for centuries. Over the past five decades, however, these experiences have evolved into increasingly immersive forms of popular culture. What once involved constructing the narrative world internally through reading has expanded into sensory engagement through visual and auditory media ...
Susan Weidmann
wiley   +1 more source

Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Book review of Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s, by Kimberly Monteyne (2013)
McCargo, Renette Smith
core   +4 more sources

From Theatre to XR: Shaping Immersive Storytelling Design Education through Artistic and Analogue Insights

open access: yesInternational Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract In an increasingly technology‐driven world, this study examined how communication design students can critically and creatively master advanced digital tools to craft immersive storytelling experiences, drawing upon an ‘analogue’ mindset. While immersive experiences are often associated with XR technologies, true immersion transcends the ...
Eleonora D'Ascenzi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Vertical Integration on the Release of New Films [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper both theoretically and empirically addresses how a vertical structure in the motion-pictures industry determines the number of prints a distributor releases of a new film.
Claudio Agostini, Eduardo Saavedra
core  

Somerset Maugham's Failings

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Allan Hepburn
wiley   +1 more source

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Fathers' Experiences of Early Parenting: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study aimed to explore culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) fathers' early parenting support needs in the perinatal period in Australia. Design A qualitative descriptive research study. Participant fathers were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling who self‐identified as CALD. Methods Data were collected through semi‐
Rakime Elmir   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experience + Interaction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
What do our historic sites and museums offer to visitors? More importantly, what should we strive to offer? Right now, I think many of our historic sites offer two different things: a variety of experiences and access to a wealth of information.
Dinkelaker, Jacob
core   +1 more source

Somebody Knows Something: Managerial Ability, Product Development, and Return‐on‐Investment in a Hit‐Driven Industry

open access: yesJournal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In hit‐driven industries, product development is associated with a right‐skewed unconditional distribution of performance, and products in the right tail have outsized impacts. Understanding how exceptional performance is generated can improve resource allocation, but the literature advances two different narratives: one emphasizes postrelease
Darren Filson
wiley   +1 more source

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