Statistical Methods for Spoken Dialogue Management

Speech is the most natural mode of communication and yet attempts to build systems which support robust habitable conversations between a human and a machine have so far had only limited success. A key reason is that current systems treat speech input as equivalent to a keyboard or mouse, and behavi...

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Main Author: Thomson, Blaise (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Dialogue system theory
  • Maintaining state
  • Maintaining state - optimizations
  • Policy design
  • Evaluation
  • Parameter learning.