Activating Group Discussion by Topic Providing Bots

Topic-based Evaluation for Conversational Bots

Dialog evaluation is a challenging problem, especially for non task-oriented dialogs where conversational success is not well-defined. We propose to evaluate dialog quality using topic-based metrics that describe the ability of a conversational bot to sustain coherent and engaging conversations on a topic, and the diversity of topics that a bot can handle. To detect conversation topics per utte...

Topic for Discussion at the Next Network Working Group Meeting

A. Vezza Request for Comments: 87 12 January 1971 NIC 5632 TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT NETWORK WORKING GROUP MEETING -------------------------------------------------------------Project MAC is planning a network graphics meeting to be held in April. It would be desirable to devote some portion of the February Urbana meeting to consideration of the length, format, structure and contents of ...

Topic for Discussion

Mild forms of hypothyroidism – subclinical hypothyroidism – have recently been discussed as being a risk factor for the development of overt thyroid dysfunction and for a number of clinical disorders. The diagnosis critically depends on the definition of the upper normal limit of serum TSH as, by definition, free thyroxine serum concentrations are normal. Cut-off levels of 4–5 mU TSH/l have bee...

Modeling Group Discussion Dynamics

In this paper, we present a formal model of group discussion dyanmics. An understanding of the face-to-face communications in a group discussion can provide new clues about how humans collaborate to accomplish complex tasks and how the collaboration protocols can be learned. It can also help us to evaluate and facilitate brainstorming sessions. We will discuss the following three findings about...

The Discussion Group.