A model of rhetorical structure analysis of Japanese instructional texts and its application to a smart help system

Author

Ito, Noriko ; Sugimoto, Toru ; Iwashita, Shino ; Kobayashi, Ichiro ; Sugeno, Michio

Author_Institution

RIKEN Brain Sci. Inst., Saitama, Japan

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

10-13 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

3641

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to propose an algorithm of rhetorical structure analysis of Japanese texts with special reference to wordprocessor help texts, which is to be realized in an interactive help system. The model of the rhetorical structure analysis presented in this paper is applicable to 25 texts (118 sentences) extracted from in the help texts accompanying Microsoft Word 2000. Also, several ways of utilizing the rhetorical structure of the help texts in information retrieval and text planning in the course of interaction with the user are proposed, so that it is possible to bring the computer closer to the people and make effective use of the existing resources.

Keywords

help systems; information retrieval; interactive systems; multi-agent systems; text analysis; word processing; Japanese instructional text; information retrieval; interactive help system; rhetorical structure analysis; smart agent; smart help system; text planning; Algorithm design and analysis; Brain modeling; Frequency; Impedance matching; Indium tin oxide; Information analysis; Information retrieval; Natural languages; Propulsion; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2004 IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8566-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2004.1400908

Filename

1400908