Ontologies & Dialog Systems

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Ontologies are a formal representation of knowledge that is used to define the concepts and relationships within a specific domain of information. In the context of dialog systems, ontologies are used to represent the knowledge and information that is relevant to the domain of the dialog system, such as the concepts, entities, and relationships that the system needs to understand and reason about in order to have a meaningful conversation with a user. This allows the dialog system to have a structured and organized understanding of the domain, which is essential for generating coherent and relevant responses to the user’s questions and requests. By using ontologies, dialog systems can better understand the user’s input and provide more accurate and relevant responses.

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Knowledge-Driven Multimedia Information Extraction and Ontology Evolution (2011)

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[BOOK] Goal-based communication using bdi agents as virtual humans in training: An ontology driven dialogue system J Van Oijen, W Van Doesburg, F Dignum – 2011 – Springer Abstract Simulations for training can greatly benefit from BDI agents as virtual humans playing the role of key players. Learning to communicate effectively is a key aspect of training to command a team that is managing a crisis. In this paper, we present a goal-based Cited by 15 Related articles All 11 versions

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Ontology-based pattern generator and root semantic analyser for spoken dialogue systems Y Benahmed, SA Selouani… – Electrical & Computer …, 2012 – ieeexplore.ieee.org ABSTRACT This paper presents improvements in a dialogue interpreter sub-system for an application that allows the user to interact by speech with a Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) network working in a highly noisy environment. A new dialog framework is proposed Related articles All 3 versions

Affective Dialogue Ontology for Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Human Assessment Approach S Jiménez, R Juárez-Ramírez, VC Topete… – … Intelligent Systems and …, 2016 – Springer Abstract Researchers has focused on integrate the dialogue to learning systems, such as Intelligent Tutoring Systems. To date, the researchers have focused on make more intelligent, accuracy and faster this systems. However, they become cold. So, it is important