Emotion-Oriented Systems

The Affective Computing domain, term coined by Rosalind Picard in1997, gathers several scientific areas such as computer science,cognitive science, psychology, design and art. The humane-machineinteraction systems are no longer solely fast and efficient. Theyaim to offer to users affective experiences: user’s affectivestate is detected and considered within the interaction; the systemdisplays affective state; it can reason about their implication toachieve a task or resolve a problem. In this book, we have chosento cover various domains of research in emotion-oriented systems.Our aim is also to highlight the importance to base thecomputational model on theoretical foundations and on natural data.