A probabilistic approach for argument interpretation

User Modelling and User-Adapted Interaction

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-53

  Zukerman, I ^a   George, S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Discourse interpretation; Probabilistic approach

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISCOURSE INTERPRETATION; PROPABIBISLITIC APPROACH; WEB INTERFACE;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 21444452795     PISSN: 09241868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11257-004-5660-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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