Plans, goals, and language

One of the most promising computational approaches to representing context in natural language systems has been based on work in general problem solving. In this approach, plans are used both to represent the domain of discourse as well as the communication process itself. Using a simplified framewo...

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Published in:Proceedings of the IEEE 1986-07, Vol.74 (7), p.939-947
Main Authors: Allen, J.F., Litman, D.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
Computer science
Computer science
control theory
systems
Context
Exact sciences and technology
Natural languages
Problem-solving
Speech and sound recognition and synthesis. Linguistics
Speech recognition
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Summary:One of the most promising computational approaches to representing context in natural language systems has been based on work in general problem solving. In this approach, plans are used both to represent the domain of discourse as well as the communication process itself. Using a simplified framework for planning and action reasoning, we describe techniques that allow systems to handle many dialogues that are problematic for other systems, including the use of sentence fragments, indirect speech, helpful responses, the tracking of the topic of conversations both with and without interrupting subdialogues, and topic change.
ISSN:0018-9219
1558-2256
DOI:10.1109/PROC.1986.13573