User simulation in a stochastic dialog system

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-255

  Torres, Francisco ^a   Sanchis, Emilio ^a   Segarra, Encarna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic strategy learning; Dialog systems; Evaluation of dialog models; Stochastic models; User simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AUTOMATIC STRATEGY LEARNING; DIALOG MODELS; DIALOG SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 40149100460     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: 10958363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csl.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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