Cognitive Dialogue Management

Vincenzo Pallotta

2004

Abstract

Cognitive Dialogue Management is a novel approach to Dialogue Management which proposes a novel architecture for building up advanced interactive interfaces in natural language to computers, that are both flexible and robust. The architecture, based on dialogue, results from the integration of the Information State Dialogue Management model and the ViewFinder framework for the management of mental representations. This paper describes the principles of Cognitive Dialogue Management and provides hints about how metaphors of human information processing can be used both for improving the degree of communication understanding in human-computer interfaces, and for their rational design and development.

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Pallotta V. (2004). Cognitive Dialogue Management . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Natural Language Understanding and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLUCS, (ICEIS 2004) ISBN 972-8865-05-8, pages 37-50. DOI: 10.5220/0002687100370050


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@conference{nlucs04,
author={Vincenzo Pallotta},
title={Cognitive Dialogue Management},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Natural Language Understanding and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLUCS, (ICEIS 2004)},
year={2004},
pages={37-50},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002687100370050},
isbn={972-8865-05-8},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Natural Language Understanding and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLUCS, (ICEIS 2004)
TI - Cognitive Dialogue Management
SN - 972-8865-05-8
AU - Pallotta V.
PY - 2004
SP - 37
EP - 50
DO - 10.5220/0002687100370050