The effect of resource limits and task complexity on collaborative planning in dialogue

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 181-243

  Walker, Marilyn A ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INFORMATION THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMMUNICATIVE CHOICE; CORPUS ANALYSIS; NATURAL COLLABORATIVE PLANNING DIALOGUES;

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EID: 0030214934     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0004-3702(95)00114-x     Document Type: Article

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