Generic command interpretation algorithms for conversational agents

Web Intelligence and Agent Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-57

  Mazuel, Laurent ^a   Sabouret, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative evaluation; Domain ontology; Human agent communication; Introspection; Top down and bottom up approach

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION; DOMAIN ONTOLOGY; HUMAN-AGENT COMMUNICATION; INTROSPECTION; TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP APPROACH;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 42149157693     PISSN: 15701263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WIA-2008-0129     Document Type: Article

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