Spoken Natural Language Dialog Systems: A Practical Approach

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Ronnie W. Smith (Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, East Carolina University) D. Richard Hipp (Co-founder and Head of Research, Hipp, Wyrick and Company, Inc., Co-founder and Head of Research, Hipp, Wyrick and Company, Inc.)

Spoken Natural Language Dialog Systems

A Practical Approach

Ronnie W. Smith (Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, East Carolina University), D. Richard Hipp (Co-founder and Head of Research, Hipp, Wyrick and Company, Inc., Co-founder and Head of Research, Hipp, Wyrick and Company, Inc.)

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 November 1994

Parallel processing; Natural language & machine translation

As spoken natural language dialog systems technology continues to make great strides, numerous issues regarding dialog processing still need to be resolved.

This book presents an exciting new dialog processing architecture that allows for a number of behaviors required for effective human-machine interactions, including: problem-solving to help the user carry out a task, coherent subdialog movement during the problem-solving process, user model usage, expectation usage for contextual interpretation and error correction, and variable initiative behavior for interacting with users of differing expertise.

The book also details how different dialog problems in processing can be handled simultaneously, and provides instructions and in-depth result from pertinent experiments.

Researchers and professionals in natural language systems will find this important new book an invaluable addition to their libraries.

By: Ronnie W. Smith (Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics East Carolina University), D. Richard Hipp (Co-founder and Head of Research, Hipp, Wyrick and Company, Inc., Co-founder and Head of Research, Hipp, Wyrick and Company, Inc.)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 555g
ISBN: 9780195091878
ISBN 10: 0195091876
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 01 November 1994
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Achieving Spoken Communication with Computers 2: Foundational Work in Integrated Dialog Processing 3: Dialog Processing Theory 4: Computational Model 5: Parsing 6: System Implementation 7: Experimental Results 8: Performance of the Speech Recognizer and Parser 9: Enhanced Dialog Processing: Verifying Doubtful Inputs 10: Extending the State of the Art Appendix A: The Goal and Action Description Language Appendix B: User's Guide for the Interruptible Prolog SIMulator (IPSIM) Appendix C: Obtaining the System Software Via the Anonymous FTP

Reviews for Spoken Natural Language Dialog Systems: A Practical Approach

The system described in the book is impressive as one of a small number of complete and working spoken natural language dialogue systems that have been developed . . . . Many of the techniques in the book are interesting and well thought out, and should prompt useful discussion and further work. I would therefore recommend it to those working in computational linguistics who are concerned with practical issues, as a book to be read seriously but critically. --The Computer Journal It is nice to see these ideas put together and made to work for the teaching task. --User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction The book is well organized, with useful figures and appendices, a good index and comprehensive references. ... The book offers a wonderful model for the presentation of a complex AI project. -- Computing Reviews