DiaWOz-II - A Tool for Wizard-of-Oz Experiments in Mathematics

We present DiaWOz-II, a configurable software environment for Wizard-of-Oz studies in mathematics and engineering. Its interface is based on a structural wysiwyg editor which allows the input of complex mathematical formulae. This allows the collection of dialog corpora consisting of natural language interleaved with non-trivial mathematical expressions, which is not offered by other Wizard-of-Oz tools in the field. We illustrate the application of DiaWOz-II in an empirical study on tutorial dialogs about mathematical proofs, summarize our experience with DiaWOz-II and briefly present some preliminary observations on the collected dialogs.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: KI
• Authors: Christoph Benzmüller, Helmut Horacek, Ivana Kruijff-Korbayová, Henri Lesourd, Marvin Schiller, Magdalena Wolska
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Complex Mathematical Formulae, Configurable Software Environment, KI 2006, Non-trivial Mathematical Expressions