Title :
Information-demanding question answering system
Author :
Montero, Calkin A S ; Araki, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
Natural language question answering (QA) systems that aim to find an accurate answer to a given question have the power to revolutionize computer applications. This paper presents an approach to QA system in which the application not only aims to find a suitable answer to a question but also tries to bring the user-computer interaction closer to human-human interaction through a casual conversation or "chat" with the user. Experimental results are presented showing how human-like computer behavior could improve a QA system.
Keywords :
human computer interaction; information retrieval; natural languages; casual conversation; chat; human-human interaction; human-like computer behavior; information demanding; natural language question answering; user-computer interaction; Artificial intelligence; Availability; Data mining; Deductive databases; Humans; Indexing; Information analysis; Information science; Psychology; Query processing;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Information Technology, 2004. ISCIT 2004. IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8593-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISCIT.2004.1413904
