Volunteering Information - Enhancing the Communication Capabilities of Knowledge-Based Systems

Abstract

Cooperative problem solving systems support the solving of problems which cannot be solved by humans or computers alone. These systems need to be knowledge based, and require flexible communications paradigms which allow natural communications with novices as well as experts. This paper presents prototypical rebooting systems. REBOOTER is a rule-based system which guides the user with a strongly system-directed dialogue. Use of the system showed that the communication paradigm was too narrow to make it a worthwhile tool, especially for an expert. The SYSTEMS ASSISTANT tries to overcome the observed shortcomings by permitting users to interact with the system in a mixed-initiative dialogue, allowing the user to volunteer information and deviate from the system-generated discourse structure. (Author) (KR)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA226286

Entities

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Based Systems
  • Language
  • Natural Languages
  • Social Sciences
  • User Interface
  • Volunteers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

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  • Educational Psychology