A Bayesian approach to intention-based response generation

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-489

  Mustapha, Aida ^a   Sulaiman, Md Nasir ^a   Mahmod, Ramlan ^a   Selamat, Mohd Hasan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bayesian Networks; Classification; Dialogue Systems; Natural Language Generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651097685     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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