We describe an approach for acquiring the domain-specific dialog knowledge required to configure a task-oriented dialog system that uses human-human interaction data. The key aspe...
Statistical user simulation is an efficient and effective way to train and evaluate the performance of a (spoken) dialog system. In this paper, we design and evaluate a modular da...
This paper presents a method for the automatic generation of a table-of-contents. This type of summary could serve as an effective navigation tool for accessing information in lon...
S. R. K. Branavan, Pawan Deshpande, Regina Barzila...
In the field of guided learning on the Internet we present, in this paper, an interactive tool for designing intelligent tutoring systems on the web. Our tool makes easier the crea...
This paper presents a method and concepts of a supporting tool for rapid prototyping of large-scale business information systems. Our method is based on the following guidelines: (...