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An ESRC funded project1 has been looking at the interpretation and generation of cooperative dialogue between agents. The idea is to derive discourse from an underlying planning system — the thesis is that the fundamental driving force behind dialogue is the problem solving ability of the agent. The research has shown, via the construction of a number of computational models, that flexible dialogue can be obtained under this organisation. A number of important insights have arisen from the research which have led us to consider extensions to this work.
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Shadbolt, N. (1990). Speaking About Plans. In: Smeaton, A.F., McDermott, G. (eds) AI and Cognitive Science ’89. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3164-9_6
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