Generating Natural Language Descriptions With Integrated Text And Examples

Author : Vibhu O. Mittal
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317716921

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Generating Natural Language Descriptions With Integrated Text and Examples by Vibhu O. Mittal Pdf

This book discusses issues in generating coherent, effective natural language descriptions with integrated text and examples. This is done in the context of a system for generating documentation dynamically from the underlying software representations. Good documentation is critical for user acceptance of any complex system. Advances in areas such as knowledge-based systems, natural language, and multimedia generation now make it possible to investigate the automatic generation of documentation from the underlying knowledge bases. This has several important benefits: it is always accessible; it is always current, because the documentation reflects the underlying representation; and, it can take the communication context, such as the user, into account. The work described in this book compiles results from cognitive psychology and education on effective presentation of examples, as well as work on computational generation of examples from intelligent tutoring systems. It also takes into account computational learning from examples, and a characterization of good examples for just this purpose. Issues arising from these research areas--as well as issues coming from the author's own corpus analysis of instructional and explanatory texts--are discussed in the context of generating natural language descriptions of software constructs. A text planner is used for a hierarchy of communicative goals. Examples are treated as an integral part of the planning process and their interaction with text is represented at all stages. The strengths and limitations of this approach are also discussed. Although the focus of this book is the generation of natural language descriptions, a similar set of issues need to be addressed in the generation of multimedia descriptions. This book will be of interest to all researchers working in the areas of natural language interfaces, intelligent tutoring systems, documentation and technical writing, and educational psychology.

Author : University of Southern California. Information Sciences Institute,Vibhu O. Mittal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Computational linguistics
ISBN : OCLC:32081933

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Generating Natural Language Descriptions with Integrated Text and Examples by University of Southern California. Information Sciences Institute,Vibhu O. Mittal Pdf

Abstract: "Good documentation is critical for user acceptance of any system. Advances in areas such as knowledge-based systems, text generation and multi-media have now made it possible to investigate the automatic generation of documentation from the underlying knowledge bases. Empirical studies have shown that examples can greatly increase the effectiveness of system documentation. However, studies also show that badly integrated text and examples can be actually detrimental compared to using either text or examples alone. It is thus clear that in order to provide useful documentation automatically, a system must be capable of providing well-integrated examples to illustrate its points. This thesis builds upon previous work in natural language generation, example generation, cognitive and educational psychology to identify relevant issues in the generation of coherent descriptions that integrate text and examples. We identify how text and examples co-constrain each other and show that a system must consider example generation as an integral part of the generation process. We describe an implementation, and present an initial evaluation of the system's effectiveness."

Author : Lila R. Gleitman,Aravind K. Joshi
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 1108 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0805838791

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Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society by Lila R. Gleitman,Aravind K. Joshi Pdf

Vol inclu all ppers & postrs presntd at 2000 Cog Sci mtg & summaries of symposia & invitd addresses. Dealg wth issues of representg & modelg cog procsses, appeals to scholars in all subdiscip tht comprise cog sci: psy, compu sci, neuro sci, ling, & philo

Author : Giovanni Sartor,L. Karl Branting
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789401590105

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Judicial Applications of Artificial Intelligence by Giovanni Sartor,L. Karl Branting Pdf

The judiciary is in the early stages of a transformation in which AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology will help to make the judicial process faster, cheaper, and more predictable without compromising the integrity of judges' discretionary reasoning. Judicial decision-making is an area of daunting complexity, where highly sophisticated legal expertise merges with cognitive and emotional competence. How can AI contribute to a process that encompasses such a wide range of knowledge, judgment, and experience? Rather than aiming at the impossible dream (or nightmare) of building an automatic judge, AI research has had two more practical goals: producing tools to support judicial activities, including programs for intelligent document assembly, case retrieval, and support for discretionary decision-making; and developing new analytical tools for understanding and modeling the judicial process, such as case-based reasoning and formal models of dialectics, argumentation, and negotiation. Judges, squeezed between tightening budgets and increasing demands for justice, are desperately trying to maintain the quality of their decision-making process while coping with time and resource limitations. Flexible AI tools for decision support may promote uniformity and efficiency in judicial practice, while supporting rational judicial discretion. Similarly, AI may promote flexibility, efficiency and accuracy in other judicial tasks, such as drafting various judicial documents. The contributions in this volume exemplify some of the directions that the AI transformation of the judiciary will take.

Author : Antonio Zampolli,Nicoletta Calzolari,Martha Palmer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994-06-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780585359588

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Current Issues in Computational Linguistics: In Honour of Don Walker by Antonio Zampolli,Nicoletta Calzolari,Martha Palmer Pdf

With this volume in honour of Don Walker, Linguistica Computazionale con tinues the series of special issues dedicated to outstanding personalities who have made a significant contribution to the progress of our discipline and maintained a special collaborative relationship with our Institute in Pisa. I take the liberty of quoting in this preface some of the initiatives Pisa and Don Walker have jointly promoted and developed during our collaboration, because I think that they might serve to illustrate some outstanding features of Don's personality, in particular his capacity for identifying areas of potential convergence among the different scientific communities within our field and establishing concrete forms of coop eration. These initiatives also testify to his continuous and untiring work, dedi cated to putting people into contact and opening up communication between them, collecting and disseminating information, knowledge and resources, and creating shareable basic infrastructures needed for progress in our field. Our collaboration began within the Linguistics in Documentation group of the FID and continued in the framework of the !CCL (International Committee for Computational Linguistics). In 1982 this collaboration was strengthened when, at CO LING in Prague, I was invited by Don to join him in the organization of a series of workshops with participants of the various communities interested in the study, development, and use of computational lexica.

Author : Allen Kent
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0824720628

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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science by Allen Kent Pdf

Automated Discourse Generation to the User-Centered Revolution: 1970-1995

Author : Jacques Wainer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995-09-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540604367

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Advances in Artificial Intelligence by Jacques Wainer Pdf

Invited papers; knowledge representation and automated reasoning; tutoring systems; machine learning; neural networks; distributed AI; knowledge acquisition and knowledge bases; posters.

Author : Ruslan Mitkov
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780199276349

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The Oxford Handbook of Computational Linguistics by Ruslan Mitkov Pdf

This handbook of computational linguistics, written for academics, graduate students and researchers, provides a state-of-the-art reference to one of the most active and productive fields in linguistics.

Author : Martha Evens,Joel Michael
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781135629595

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One-on-One Tutoring by Humans and Computers by Martha Evens,Joel Michael Pdf

One-on-One Tutoring by Humans and Computers articulates the CIRCSIM-Tutor project, an attempt to develop a computer tutor that generates a natural language dialogue with a student. Editors Martha Evens and Joel Michael present the educational context within which the project was launched, as well as research into tutoring, the process of implementation of CIRCSIM-Tutor, and the results of using CIRCSIM-Tutor in the classroom. The domain of this project is cardiovascular physiology, specifically targeting first-year medical students, though the idea is applicable to the development of intelligent tutoring systems across populations, disciplines, and domains. This 5 year-long project was motivated by the belief that students need assistance in building appropriate mental models of complex physiological phenomena, as well as practice in expressing these ideas in their own words to fully develop those models, and experience in problem-solving to use those models effectively. The book outlines directions for future research, and includes distinct features such as: *detailed studies of human one-on-one tutoring; *learning outcomes resulting from use of the tutor; *natural language input parsed and translated into logical form; and *natural language output generated using the LFG paradigm. This volume will appeal to educators who want to improve human tutoring or use computer tutors in the classroom, and it will interest computer scientists who want to build those computer tutors, as well as anyone who believes that language is central to teaching and learning.

Author : Susan Haller,Susan McRoy,Alfred Kobsa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789401711180

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Computational Models of Mixed-Initiative Interaction by Susan Haller,Susan McRoy,Alfred Kobsa Pdf

Computational Models of Mixed-Initiative Interaction brings together research that spans several disciplines related to artificial intelligence, including natural language processing, information retrieval, machine learning, planning, and computer-aided instruction, to account for the role that mixed initiative plays in the design of intelligent systems. The ten contributions address the single issue of how control of an interaction should be managed when abilities needed to solve a problem are distributed among collaborating agents. Managing control of an interaction among humans and computers to gather and assemble knowledge and expertise is a major challenge that must be met to develop machines that effectively collaborate with humans. This is the first collection to specifically address this issue.

Author : Ehud Reiter,Robert Dale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780521620369

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Building Natural Language Generation Systems by Ehud Reiter,Robert Dale Pdf

This book explains how to build Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems - computer software systems which use techniques from artificial intelligence and computational linguistics to automatically generate understandable texts in English or other human languages, either in isolation or as part of multimedia documents, Web pages, and speech output systems. Typically starting from some non-linguistic representation of information as input, NLG systems use knowledge about language and the application domain to automatically produce documents, reports, explanations, help messages, and other kinds of texts. The book covers the algorithms and representations needed to perform the core tasks of document planning, microplanning, and surface realization, using a case study to show how these components fit together. It also discusses engineering issues such as system architecture, requirements analysis, and the integration of text generation into multimedia and speech output systems.

Author : Jens Woch
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Computational linguistics
ISBN : 3898382648

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Integrated Natural Language Generation with Schema-TAGs by Jens Woch Pdf

Author : Oliviero Stock,Massimo Zancanaro
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402030512

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Multimodal Intelligent Information Presentation by Oliviero Stock,Massimo Zancanaro Pdf

Intelligent Multimodal Information Presentation relates to the ability of a computer system to automatically produce interactive information presentations, taking into account the specifics about the user, such as needs, interests and knowledge, and engaging in a collaborative interaction that helps the retrieval of relevant information and its understanding on the part of the user. The volume includes descriptions of some of the most representative recent works on Intelligent Information Presentation and a view of the challenges ahead.

Author : Foundation for Legal Knowledge Systems. Conference
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Artificial intelligence
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061868928

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Legal Knowledge Based Systems by Foundation for Legal Knowledge Systems. Conference Pdf

Papers presented at JURIX '96 conference held on December 13, 1996 in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Author : Dimitris N. Christodoulakis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540451549

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Natural Language Processing - NLP 2000 by Dimitris N. Christodoulakis Pdf

This volume contains the papers prepared for the 2nd International Conference on Natural Language Processing, held 2-4 June in Patras, Greece. The conference program features invited talks and submitted papers, c- ering a wide range of NLP areas: text segmentation, morphological analysis, lexical knowledge acquisition and representation, grammar formalism and s- tacticparsing,discourse analysis,languagegeneration,man-machineinteraction, machine translation, word sense disambiguation, and information extraction. The program committee received 71 abstracts, of which unfortunately no more than 50% could be accepted. Every paper was reviewed by at least two reviewers. The fairness of the reviewing process is demonstrated by the broad spread of institutions and countries represented in the accepted papers. So many have contributed to the success of the conference. The primary credit, ofcourse, goes to theauthors andto the invitedspeakers. By theirpapers and their inspired talks they established the quality of the conference. Secondly, thanks should go to the referees and to the program committee members who did a thorough and conscientious job. It was not easy to select the papers to be presented. Last, but not least, my special thanks to the organizing committee for making this conference happen.