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NAACL
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Comparing User Simulation Models For Dialog Strategy Learning
This paper explores what kind of user simulation model is suitable for developing a training corpus for using Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) to automatically learn dialog strate...
Hua Ai, Joel R. Tetreault, Diane J. Litman
SIGSOFT
2010
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
Finding latent performance bugs in systems implementations
Robust distributed systems commonly employ high-level recovery mechanisms enabling the system to recover from a wide variety of problematic environmental conditions such as node f...
Charles Edwin Killian, Karthik Nagaraj, Salman Per...
KBSE
2002
IEEE
14 years 22 days ago
What Makes Finite-State Models More (or Less) Testable?
Finite-state machine (FSM) models are commonly used to represent software with concurrent processes. Established model checking tools can be used to automatically test FSM models,...
David Owen, Tim Menzies, Bojan Cukic
ISSRE
2006
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Queuing Models for Field Defect Resolution Process
This paper explores a novel application of queuing theory to the corrective software maintenance problem to support quantitative balancing between resources and responsiveness. In...
Swapna S. Gokhale, Robert E. Mullen
VLDB
1992
ACM
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13 years 12 months ago
Experiences With an Object Manager for a Process-Centered Environment
Process-centered software engineering environments, such as Arcadia, impose a variety of requirements on database technology that to date have not been well supported by available...
Dennis Heimbigner