Abstract. As agents move into ever more important applications, there is a natural growth in interest in techniques for synthesizing multiagent systems. We describe an approach for...
We describe our preliminary work in modeling conversation specifications and policies as positive/negative permissions and obligations. Our model is generic as it is independent o...
It is possible to define conversation policies, such as communication or dialogue protocols, that are based strictly on what messages and, respectively, what performatives may foll...
In a conversational system, determining a user’s focus of attention is crucial to the success of the system. Motivated by previous psycholinguistic findings, we are currently e...
A conversational recommender system iteratively shows a small set of options for its user to choose between. In order to select these options, the system may analyze the queries tr...
Walid Trabelsi, Nic Wilson, Derek G. Bridge, Franc...