Co-constructing Grounded Symbols—Feedback and Incremental Adaptation in Human–Agent Dialogue

KI - Kunstliche Intelligenz

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-143

  Buschmeier, Hendrik ^a   Kopp, Stefan ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Dialogue; Feedback; Human agent Interaction; Symbol grounding

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONVERSATIONAL AGENTS; DIALOG; HUMAN AGENT; HUMAN-AGENT INTERACTION; MENTAL STATE; MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING; SYMBOL GROUNDING; SYMBOL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84896994469     PISSN: 09331875     EISSN: 16101987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13218-013-0241-8     Document Type: Article

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