We discuss current approaches to the development of natural-language dialo= we systems,
and claim that they do not sufficiently consider the unique qualities of man-machine …

We explain dialogue management techniques for collaborative activities with humans,
involving multiple concurrent tasks. Conversational context for multiple concurrent activities …

Considering data obtained from a corpus of database QA dialogues, we address the nature
of the discourse structure needed to resolve the several kinds of contextual phenomena …

Natural language interfaces require dialogue models that allow for robust, habitable and
efficient interaction. This paper presents such a model for dialogue management for natural …

Intelligent dialogue systems must be able to respond properly to a variety of requests
involving knowledge of the dialogue, the task at hand, and the domain. This requires …

Dialogue systems utilise a variety of knowledge sources and models. However, there is a
confusion concerning the purposes and contributions of specific models and the …

This paper presents an action scheme for dia logue management for natural language inler
faces The scheme guides a dialogue manager which directs the interface's dialogue with the …

This thesis explores the design and evaluation of human-robot communication for service
robots that use natural language to interact with people. The research is centred around …

This paper describes a system for managing: dialogue in a natural language interface. The
proposed approach uses a dialogue manager as the overall control mechanism. The …

This dissertation focuses on the design and evaluation of speech-based conversational
interfaces for task-oriented dialogues. Conversational interfaces are software programs …