In this paper we study the utility of discourse structure for spoken dialogue performance modeling. We experiment with various ways of exploiting the discourse structure: in isola...
This paper investigates how, and to what extent the flexibility and robustness of a partial parser can be utilized to automatically extend existing semantic lexicons. Our work is ...
This paper describes a method for estimating conditional probability distributions over the parses of "unification-based" grammars which can utilize auxiliary distributi...
When building intelligent spaces, the knowledge representation for encapsulating rooms, users, groups, roles, and other information is a fundamental design question. Here we prese...
Based on our recent experience in four projects, each focused on either security-critical or safety-critical software, this paper evaluates several notions, widely held by RE rese...
Constance L. Heitmeyer, Ralph D. Jeffords, Ramesh ...