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IUI
2006
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
An intelligent discussion-bot for answering student queries in threaded discussions
This paper describes a discussion-bot that provides answers to students’ discussion board questions in an unobtrusive and humanlike way. Using information retrieval and natural ...
Donghui Feng, Erin Shaw, Jihie Kim, Eduard H. Hovy
IUI
2006
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Improving question-answering with linking dialogues
Question-answering dialogue systems have found many applications in interactive learning environments. This paper is concerned with one such application for Army leadership traini...
Sudeep Gandhe, Andrew S. Gordon, David R. Traum
SIGIR
2006
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Information graphics: an untapped resource for digital libraries
Information graphics are non-pictorial graphics such as bar charts and line graphs that depict attributes of entities and relations among entities. Most information graphics appea...
Sandra Carberry, Stephanie Elzer, Seniz Demir
SIGIR
2006
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
A study of statistical models for query translation: finding a good unit of translation
This paper presents a study of three statistical query translation models that use different units of translation. We begin with a review of a word-based translation model that us...
Jianfeng Gao, Jian-Yun Nie
SIGIR
2006
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Answering complex questions with random walk models
We present a novel framework for answering complex questions that relies on question decomposition. Complex questions are decomposed by a procedure that operates on a Markov chain...
Sanda M. Harabagiu, V. Finley Lacatusu, Andrew Hic...