Simplicity, Again, Isn't That Simple

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You Can Say That Again

t has been two decades since the publication of Davidson’s twin papers, I “Truth and Meaning” (1967) and “On Saying That” (1968). The first proposed that a Tarskian truth theory for a language L can be (the heart of) a theory of meaning for L. The second proposed a radically novel approach, the paratactic account, to the logical form of indirect discourse. The two proposals are related in a num...

The mouse that trolled (again)

We welcome the opportunity to respond to the commentaries on our paper—The Mouse that Trolled—by Hardy1, Sarnoff2, and Cordova and Feldman3. Their comments are academic criticism in the very best sense.We also take the opportunity to update on recent legal actions, whichwe had not predicted.This opportunity enriches our narrative history of the patenting of the APPswe mutation for early onset A...

The splitting design that leads to simple random sampling

Implementing unequal probability sampling, without replacement, is very complex and several methods have been suggested for its performance, including : Midseno design and systematic design. One of the methods that have been introduced by Devil and Tille (1998) is the splitting design that leads to simple random sampling .in this paper by completely explaining the design, with an example, we ha...

"Do That Again": Evaluating Spoken Dialogue Interfaces

We present a new technique for evaluating spoken dialogue interfaces that allows us to separate the dialogue behavior from the rest of the speech system. By using a dialogue simulator that we have developed, we can gather usability data on the system’s dialogue interaction and behaviors that can guide improvements to the speech interface. Preliminary testing has shown promising results, suggest...