Multiply Sectioned Bayesian Networks (MSBN)provide a coherence framework for multi-agent distributed interpretation tasks. Duringthe construction or dynamicformation of an MSBN,au...
In a unified knowledge representation data, information and knowledge are all represented in a single formalism as "items". Objects are item building operators. Items an...
Thispaper describesAPE(the Atlas PlanningEngine),the reactive planner at the center of the Atlas dialogue managementsystem. The goal of Atlas is to build conversation-basedsystems...
Wepropose a schemefor producingLatin hypercube samples that can enhanceany of the existing sampling algorithms in Bayesiannetworks. Wetest this scheme in combinationwith the likel...
Thecurrent frameworkfor constructing intelligent tutoring systems(ITS) is to use psychological/pedagogical theories of learning, and encode this knowledgeinto the tutor. However,t...
With the increasing amount and complexity of data being collected, there is an urgent need to create automated techniques for mining the data. In particular, data being generated ...
Many knowledge acquisition approaches have been proposed to minimize the cognitive effort in knowledgebased system construction. The knowledge acquisition approach proposed here p...