Knowledge-combining methodology for dialogue design in spoken language systems

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-66

  San Segundo, Rubén ^a   Montero, Juan M ^a   MacÍas Guarasa, Javier ^a   Ferreiros, Javier ^a   Pardo, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confirmation subdialogues; Dialogue design; Dialogue evaluation; Railway information system; User modeling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONFIRMATION SUBDIALOGUES; DIALOGUE DESIGN; DIALOGUE EVALUATION; RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USER MODELING;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 17444419430     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10772-005-4761-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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