@article {828,
	title = {Chatbots for Cultural Venues: A Topic-Based Approach},
	journal = {Algorithms},
	volume = {16},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul},
	pages = {339},
	abstract = {<p>Digital assistants{\textemdash}such as chatbots{\textemdash}facilitate the interaction between persons and machines and are increasingly used in web pages of enterprises and organizations. This paper presents a methodology for the creation of chatbots that offer access to museum information. The paper introduces an information model that is offered through the chatbot, which subsequently maps the museum{\textquoteright}s modeled information to structures of DialogFlow, Google{\textquoteright}s chatbot engine. Means for automating the chatbot generation process are also presented. The evaluation of the methodology is illustrated through the application of a real case, wherein we developed a chatbot for the Archaeological Museum of Tripolis, Greece.</p>
},
	keywords = {chatbots, cultural venues, Museums, RDF triples, topics},
	doi = {10.3390/a16070339},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/a16070339},
	author = {Vasilis Bouras and Dimitris Spiliotopoulos and Dionisis Margaris and Costas Vassilakis and Konstantinos Kotis and Angeliki Antoniou and George Lepouras and Manolis Wallace and Vassilis Poulopoulos}
}
@conference {Charitos2001284,
	title = {Designing a virtual museum within a museum},
	booktitle = {Proceedings VAST 2001 Virtual Reality, Archeology, and Cultural Heritage},
	year = {2001},
	note = {cited By (since 1996) 0},
	month = {11},
	pages = {284},
	abstract = {The designing of a virtual museum within a museum was discussed. In regard with it, the Virtual Museum project sponsored by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology was presented. The project{\textquoteright}s main objective was to create a virtual environment (VE) for enhancing the experience of visiting a museum by affording view and manipulation of certain exhibits.},
	keywords = {Information retrieval systems, Internet, Museums, Technical presentations, Three dimensional computer graphics, Virtual museum, Virtual reality},
	doi = {10.1145/584993.585043},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0141426770\&partnerID=40\&md5=50066081a4e5d55bfc3c823813535add},
	author = {D. Charitos and Giorgos Lepouras and Costas Vassilakis and Akrivi Katifori and Charissi, A. and Halatsi, L.},
	editor = {S. N. Spencer}
}
