This paper explains how Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDPs) can provide a principled mathematical framework for modelling the inherent uncertainty in spoken di...
Steve Young, Milica Gasic, Simon Keizer, Fran&cced...
The principle of information hiding has been very influential in software engineering since its inception in 1972. This principle prescribes that software modules hide implementat...
Cleidson R. B. de Souza, David F. Redmiles, Li-Te ...
When search is against structured documents, it is beneficial to extract information from user queries in a format that is consistent with the backend data structure. As one step...
The recent progress of Electronic Music Distribution creates a natural pressure for fine-grained musical metadata. This metadata is needed to provide music distribution services w...
The paper presents a consolidated set of principles of cooperative spoken human-machine dialogue which have the potential tor being turned into practically applicable design guide...