An inquiry dialogue system

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-209

  Black, Elizabeth ^a   Hunter, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent interaction; Argumentation; Cooperation; Dialogue; Inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650097297     PISSN: 13872532     EISSN: 15737454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10458-008-9074-5     Document Type: Article

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