GLANCING, REFERRING AND EXPLAINING IN THE DIALOGUE SYSTEM HAM-RPM
Wolfgang Wahlster, A. D. Jameson, Wolfgang Hoeppner · 1978
SUMMARY This paper focusses on three components of the dialogue system HAM-RPM, which converses in natural language about visible scenes. First, it is demonstrated how the system's communicative competence is enhanced by its imitation of human visual-search processes. The approach taken to noun-phrase resolution is then described, and an algorithm for the generation of noun phrases is illustrated with a series of examples. Finally, the system's ability to explain its own reasoning is discussed, with emphasis on the novel aspects of its implementation. 1. THE TREATMENT OF VISUAL DATA