EMPIRICAL MULTI-ARTIFACT KNOWLEDGE MODELING FOR DIALOGUE SYSTEMS

Porfírio Filipe, Nuno Mamede

2008

Abstract

This paper presents a knowledge modeling approach to improve domain-independency in Spoken Dialogue Systems (SDS) architectures. We aim to support task oriented dialogue management strategies via an easy to use interface provided by an adaptive Domain Knowledge Manager (DKM). DKM is a broker that centralizes the knowledge of the domain using a Knowledge Integration Process (KIP) that merges on-the-fly local knowledge models. A local knowledge model defines a semantic interface and is associated to an artifact that can be a household appliance in a home domain or a cinema in a ticket-selling domain. We exemplify the reuse of a generic AmI domain model in a home domain and in a ticket-selling domain redefining the abstractions of artifact, class, and task. Our experimental setup is a domain simulator specially developed to reproduce an Ambient Intelligence (AmI) scenario.

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Filipe P. and Mamede N. (2008). EMPIRICAL MULTI-ARTIFACT KNOWLEDGE MODELING FOR DIALOGUE SYSTEMS . In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8111-40-1, pages 286-292. DOI: 10.5220/0001713902860292


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@conference{iceis08,
author={Porfírio Filipe and Nuno Mamede},
title={EMPIRICAL MULTI-ARTIFACT KNOWLEDGE MODELING FOR DIALOGUE SYSTEMS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,},
year={2008},
pages={286-292},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001713902860292},
isbn={978-989-8111-40-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,
TI - EMPIRICAL MULTI-ARTIFACT KNOWLEDGE MODELING FOR DIALOGUE SYSTEMS
SN - 978-989-8111-40-1
AU - Filipe P.
AU - Mamede N.
PY - 2008
SP - 286
EP - 292
DO - 10.5220/0001713902860292