ARGOT: A System Overview,

Abstract

We are engaged in a long-term research project that has the ultimate aim of describing a mechanism that can partake in an extended English dialogue of some reasonably well specified range of topics. The fundamental assumption in this project is that conversants in a dialogue are constantly recognizing and monitoring the goals of the other participants. To do this, they must have a rich body of knowledge about the topic, about the goals and beliefs of the other participants, and about the structure of dialogues in general. This paper describes progress made towards these goals and outlines the current research areas in which the project is focused. It describes the basic theory underlying our work and the initial system built according to this theory. It then considers some deficiencies in this system and describes the new system currently under development. Finally, various specific research efforts within the group are described. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA132523

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  • James F. Allen

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  • University of Rochester

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Context Free Grammars
  • Dialogue Systems
  • Grammars
  • Inference Engines
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Models
  • Natural Languages
  • New York
  • Reasoning
  • Recognition

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