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A dialog simulator is a tool that is used to simulate conversation or dialogue between two or more entities. This could include simulating conversation between a human and a computer program, such as a chatbot or virtual assistant, or simulating conversation between two computer programs. Dialog simulators are often used in the development and testing of natural language processing (NLP) systems, allowing developers to evaluate and refine the performance of their systems in a controlled environment. The simulator provides a way to test the system’s ability to understand and respond to different inputs, and can help to identify any errors or issues that need to be addressed. By simulating conversation, developers can gain a better understanding of how their systems will perform in the real world, and can make adjustments to improve their performance.
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Combining user intention and error modeling for statistical dialog simulators. S Quarteroni, M González, G Riccardi… – …, 2010 – ling.uni-potsdam.de Abstract Statistical user simulation is an efficient and effective way to train and evaluate the performance of a (spoken) dialog system. In this paper, we design and evaluate a modular data-driven dialog simulator where we decouple the “intentional” component of the User … Cited by 8 Related articles All 9 versions
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