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In this text, we argue that user modeling and system modeling should be taken into account at the same time to allow cooperativity: they are two sides of a same interaction. We focus on interlocutor modeling (the human-human homonym of user modeling) and develop three situations where interlocutor modeling is crucial: when there is a need of transforming the beliefs of the cooperator (when there is a knowledge gap or a resistance), when the interpretation of the cooperator's communication act is ambiguous and relies on implicit meaning, and when there is a specific need need of anticipating the other's understanding (in risky or irreversible situations).
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Cahour, B., Salembier, P. Cooperation and cooperator modeling. Comput Supported Coop Work 5, 285–297 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00133660
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