CALMsystem: A Conversational Agent for Learner Modelling

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-246

  Kerly, Alice ^a   Ellis, Richard ^b   Bull, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Stratum Management Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chatbots; Conversational agents; Natural language; Negotiation; Open learner modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

CHATBOTS; CONVERSATIONAL AGENTS; OPEN LEARNER MODELING;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 40249095170     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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