POMDP-Based Coding of Child-Robot Interaction within a Robot-Assisted ASD Diagnostic Protocol

The existing procedures for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis are often time consuming and tiresome both for highly-trained human evaluators and children, which may be alleviated by using hu...

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