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History-Aware Question Answering in a Blocks World Dialogue System
Benjamin Kane, Georgiy Platonov, Lenhart K. Schubert
It is essential for dialogue-based spatial reasoning systems to maintain memory of historical states of the world. In addition to conveying that the dialogue agent is mentally pres…
A Spoken Dialogue System for Spatial Question Answering in a Physical Blocks World
Georgiy Platonov, Benjamin Kane, Aaron Gindi +1
The blocks world is a classic toy domain that has long been used to build and test spatial reasoning systems. Despite its relative simplicity, tackling this domain in its full comp…
Dialogue Design and Management for Multi-Session Casual Conversation with Older Adults
S. Zahra Razavi, Lenhart K. Schubert, Benjamin Kane +3
We address the problem of designing a conversational avatar capable of a sequence of casual conversations with older adults. Users at risk of loneliness, social anxiety or a sense…
A New Characterization of Probabilities in Bayesian Networks
Lenhart Schubert
We characterize probabilities in Bayesian networks in terms of algebraic expressions called quasi-probabilities. These are arrived at by casting Bayesian networks as noisy AND-OR-N…
Accelerating Partial-Order Planners: Some Techniques for Effective Search Control and Pruning
A. Gerevini, L. Schubert
We propose some domain-independent techniques for bringing well-founded partial-order planners closer to practicality. The first two techniques are aimed at improving search contro…