Dynamic Bayesian networks (DBNs) offer an elegant way to integrate various aspects of language in one model. Many existing algorithms developed for learning and inference in DBNs ...
We introduce a new multi-threaded parsing algorithm on unification grammars designed specifically for multimodal interaction and noisy environments. By lifting some traditional co...
This paper introduces a new dialogue management framework for goal-directed conversations. A declarative specification defines the domain-specific elements and guides the dialogue...
Integrity constraints are an essential part of a modern schema definition language. They are useful for semantic specification, update consistency control, query optimization, inf...
In order to tackle the entire web service life cycle, it is necessary to face how to model systems based on service functionality and also how to add extra-functional properties to...