A process model for recognizing communicative acts and modeling negotiation subdialogues

Computational Linguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Carberry, Sandra ^a   Lambert, Lynn ^a  

^a Department of Computer Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATIVE ACTIONS; COMMUNICATIVE ACTS; CONTEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE; COOPERATIVE INTERACTIONS; COOPERATIVE NEGOTIATIONS; EXPERT CONSULTATION; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK;

EID: 0039029326     PISSN: 08912017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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