AutoGeneratePersuasivePresentation

Data Structure

- AutoGenerateArgumentation
 - AutoGenerator
  - src
   - main
    - java/ata
     - Object
      - Objects.java (Definition for Objects's attributes and methods)
      - Phrase.java. (Definition for Phrase's attributes and methods)
      - Picture.java (Definition for Picture's attributes and methods)
      - Snippet.java (Definition for Snippet's attributes and methods)
     - Util
      - AlgorithmUtil.java (Algorithms for search, find , match, return required object)
      - Generator.java (Generator for extracting required materials from JSON resource)
      - JSONUtil.java (JSON utility for reading and writing JSON doc)
      - PowerPointUtil.java (Utility for generating PPT)
     - MainRunner.java (Main)
    - resources
     - images (images folder)
     - JSONDATA.json (json data)
     - package.json

Design concept

Persuasive technology is a relatively recent research area which studies the impact that digital interventions can have on people's behaviour or beliefs.

This project would use some persuasive technology research, combined with argumentation strategies, to produce a system that could dynamically create a collection of information to present to an audience in the form of a slide presentation on a topic, in order to claim a point, or present an argument.

The project, starting from an annotated collection of material (e.g. pictures, catch phrases, snippets of information), will produce an intelligent system able, on the basis of argumentation techniques, to automatically create a "narrative", a sequence of images and phrases, that can be presented in the form of a set of slides to a user.

Material Collection

Use only JSON Document or utilize NoSQL(MongoDB), depending on the Data Size.

If Data Size is in GB Unit , DB should be used because it is more scalable and convenient, otherwise use JSON document will be more light and with lower workload.

No matter how , the materials should be stored in the JSON style shown below. (Temporal Proposal)

Method one

Object includes all the information related to it / pictures ,parses will be object's attribute / easy for code,hard for logic

  {
  "ObjectName": String,
  "ObjectID" : int,
  "Keywords": String[],
  "Pictures":[
  {"ImageID": int,
   "Strength": int,
   "PointTo": String,
   "URL": String,
   "Keywords":String[]
  }],
  "Phrases":[{
  "PhraseID": int,
  "Strength": int,
  "Content": String,
  "Type": String,
  "PointTo": String,
  "Keywords":String[]
  }],
  "Snippets":[{
  "SinppetID": int,
  "Strength": int,
  "Content": String,
  "Type": String,
  "PointTo": String,
  "Keywords":String[]
  }]
  }  

• general object
  • ObjectName is marked for the Name of the Object such as Tomoto.
  • ObjectID is used for querying it.(AS Math.random a number to select which object will be utilized.)
• Pictures
  • Pictures[] is a array that stores images with attributes:
    • ImageID is used for querying it.
    • Strength is used to symbolize the strength of this material(range is [-3,3]), while -3 denotes this material is strong negative, -2 denotes this material is negative, -1 denotes the material is weak negative, 0 denotes it is neutral. As is same for the number [0,3].
    • PointTo is used to denote which argument this image is pointed to, such as Price, Benefits, etc.
    • URL is used to store the Hyperlink of this image.
    • KeyWords is used to store key feature of this object.
• Phrases
  • Phrases[] is a array that stores phrase with attributes:
    • PhraseID is used for querying it.
    • Strength is used to symbolize the strength of this material(range is [-3,3]), while -3 denotes this material is strong negative, -2 denotes this material is negative, -1 denotes the material is weak negative, 0 denotes it is neutral. As is same for the number [0,3].
    • Content is used to store the text of this phrase.
    • Type is used to denote the type of this phrase, such as MP(Main Point),P(Point),Sum(Summary).
    • PointTo is used to denote which argument this phrase is pointed to, such as Price, Benefits, etc. Especially for Point Type.
    • KeyWords is used to store key feature of this object.
• Snippets
  • Snippets[] is a array that stores snippets with attributes:
    • SnippetID is used for querying it.
    • Strength is used to symbolize the strength of this material(range is [-3,3]), while -3 denotes this material is strong negative, -2 denotes this material is negative, -1 denotes the material is weak negative, 0 denotes it is neutral. As is same for the number [0,3].
    • Content is used to store the text of this snippet.
    • Type is used to denote the type of this snippet, such as Reason(RS), Example(EX),etc.
    • PointTo is used to denote which argument this snippet is pointed to, such as Price, Benefits, etc.
    • KeyWords is used to store key feature of this object.

Method two

Each material will be a Object. They will be saved in three document, Pictures.json , Phrases.json, Snippets.json
// Hard for code, easy for logic.

Phrase and Snippet

{
"Objects":[
{
 "ID": int,
 "Strength": int,
 "LinkTo": String,
 "Type": String,
 "PointTo": String,
 "Content": String,
 "Keywords":String[]
 }
]
}

• Objects
  • Objects[] has several attributes:
    • ID stores the ID of this object
    • Strength denotes the strength of this material,range is [-3,3] (same as above)
    • LinkTo denotes the thing which this object is linked to ,such as tomoto,potato,etc.
    • Type denotes the type of this object such as MP,P,Sum,EX,RS.
    • PointTo is used to denote which argument this object is pointed to, such as Price, Benefits, etc.
    • Content is used to store the text of this object.
    • KeyWords is used to store key feature of this object.

Picture

{
"Pictures":[
{
 "ID": int,
 "Strength": int,
 "LinkTo": String,
 "PointTo": String,
 "URL": String,
 "Keywords":String[]
 }
]
}

• Pictures
  • Pictures[] is a array that stores images with attributes:
    • ID is used for querying it.
    • Strength is used to symbolize the strength of this material(range is [-3,3]), while -3 denotes this material is strong negative, -2 denotes this material is negative, -1 denotes the material is weak negative, 0 denotes it is neutral. As is same for the number [0,3].
    • LinkTo denotes the thing which this image is linked to ,such as tomoto,potato,etc.
    • PointTo is used to denote which argument this image is pointed to, such as Price, Benefits, etc.
    • URL is used to store the Hyperlink of this image.
    • KeyWords is used to store key feature of this object.

Code Logic

IDEA: Function to generate a List(LinkedList or ArrayList) that stores the material in order.
Then use this list to generate HTML or Slide.

Several templates could be writen in HTML, and use switch key word to decide on which template it will utilize.
(In details, Use Math.random to generate number from 1 to 3, if number is 1,then go to case 1: which is a template)

Template

The topic will be selected with Objects' ID (use random number) and strengh.
For example in method one, i can get Object[].size and use the size to random select a object, this presentation will be focused on this selected object. Now, the name of this Object is obtained. Randomly select a template and quried required material according to the template.
As is shown below:

• p denotes positive.
• n denotes negative.
• PIC denotes picture.
• MP denotes Main Point.
• p denotes point.
• RS denotes Reason.
• EX denotes Example.
• Sum denotes Summary.

For example, `pMP` denotes positive Main Point , etc.

pMP - PIC - pP - pRS - pEX - pP - pRS - pEX - Sum

nMP - PIC - nP - nRs - nEX - nP - nRS - nEX - Sum

Class Design

Picture