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Aspects of Context for Understanding Multi-modal Communication

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Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT 1999)

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Context is important for AI applications that interact with users. This is true both for natural language interfaces as well as for multi-modal interfaces. In this paper, we consider aspects of context that are important in a multi-modal interface combining natural language and graphical input to describe locations. We have identified several aspects of contexts in our preliminary study. We describe them here and discuss plans for future work.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA

    Elise H. Turner, Roy M. Turner, John Phelps, Mark Neal, Charles Grunden & Jason Mailman

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  1. University of Trento, DISA, 5, via Inama, I-38050, Trento, Italy

    Paolo Bouquet  & Massimo Benerecetti  & 

  2. IRST-ITC, Pante di Povo, I-38050, Trento, Italy

    Luciano Serafini

  3. University Paris VI, LIP6 4, Place Jussieu, F-75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Patrick Brézillon

  4. University of Trento, 26, via Verdi, I-38050, Trento, Italy

    Francesca Castellani

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Turner, E.H., Turner, R.M., Phelps, J., Neal, M., Grunden, C., Mailman, J. (1999). Aspects of Context for Understanding Multi-modal Communication. In: Bouquet, P., Benerecetti, M., Serafini, L., Brézillon, P., Castellani, F. (eds) Modeling and Using Context. CONTEXT 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1688. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48315-2_54

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