Ontology-Based Dialogue Systems

This paper examines how far it is possible to replace hand crafted dialogue design with a combination of generic dialogue system components and ontological domain knowledge. Two case studies are presented, one for dialogue-based breast cancer referrals, the other for control of networked home appliances.

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