Abstract
This paper outlines our approach for describing multivariate environmental information such as weather as it might be characterized by humans using connotations and delicate nuances. The purpose of this research is to achieve smooth human-machine spoken dialogue. The key feature of our approach is the use of a vector-based method, a widely used technique in Information Retrieval research. To date, no system concept as mentioned or the use of the vector-space in such a system has been reported. First, phrases implicitly expressing environmental information are collected to make the list of candidate phrases. Next the environmental conditions of that time are entered from the GUI. The phrases and the newly entered information are represented as vectors of component values representing such information. By computing the similarity (relatedness) between the given condition and each candidate phrase, the phrase that best represents the given condition is chosen. Two experimental systems that work in Japanese have been developed to evaluate the validity of our method. The first system selects the appropriate phrase to represent the weather implicitly with a minimum number of phrases and not by lining up measured values. The other system selects poetic phrases that most appropriately represent the environmental conditions, including weather information and emotional states. The result of our evaluation has shown that both systems successfully selected the suitable phrases for representing given environmental conditions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 269-272 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 Jan 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 8th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2004 - Jeju, Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of Duration: 2004 Oct 4 → 2004 Oct 8 |
Other
| Other | 8th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2004 |
|---|---|
| Country | Korea, Republic of |
| City | Jeju, Jeju Island |
| Period | 04/10/4 → 04/10/8 |
Fingerprint
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language
Cite this
A vector-based method for efficiently representing multivariate environmental information. / Ishii, Akemi; Ueno, Yoshito; Matsuura, Ryohei; Aikawa, Kiyoaki.
2004. 269-272 Paper presented at 8th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2004, Jeju, Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
}
TY - CONF
T1 - A vector-based method for efficiently representing multivariate environmental information
AU - Ishii, Akemi
AU - Ueno, Yoshito
AU - Matsuura, Ryohei
AU - Aikawa, Kiyoaki
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - This paper outlines our approach for describing multivariate environmental information such as weather as it might be characterized by humans using connotations and delicate nuances. The purpose of this research is to achieve smooth human-machine spoken dialogue. The key feature of our approach is the use of a vector-based method, a widely used technique in Information Retrieval research. To date, no system concept as mentioned or the use of the vector-space in such a system has been reported. First, phrases implicitly expressing environmental information are collected to make the list of candidate phrases. Next the environmental conditions of that time are entered from the GUI. The phrases and the newly entered information are represented as vectors of component values representing such information. By computing the similarity (relatedness) between the given condition and each candidate phrase, the phrase that best represents the given condition is chosen. Two experimental systems that work in Japanese have been developed to evaluate the validity of our method. The first system selects the appropriate phrase to represent the weather implicitly with a minimum number of phrases and not by lining up measured values. The other system selects poetic phrases that most appropriately represent the environmental conditions, including weather information and emotional states. The result of our evaluation has shown that both systems successfully selected the suitable phrases for representing given environmental conditions.
AB - This paper outlines our approach for describing multivariate environmental information such as weather as it might be characterized by humans using connotations and delicate nuances. The purpose of this research is to achieve smooth human-machine spoken dialogue. The key feature of our approach is the use of a vector-based method, a widely used technique in Information Retrieval research. To date, no system concept as mentioned or the use of the vector-space in such a system has been reported. First, phrases implicitly expressing environmental information are collected to make the list of candidate phrases. Next the environmental conditions of that time are entered from the GUI. The phrases and the newly entered information are represented as vectors of component values representing such information. By computing the similarity (relatedness) between the given condition and each candidate phrase, the phrase that best represents the given condition is chosen. Two experimental systems that work in Japanese have been developed to evaluate the validity of our method. The first system selects the appropriate phrase to represent the weather implicitly with a minimum number of phrases and not by lining up measured values. The other system selects poetic phrases that most appropriately represent the environmental conditions, including weather information and emotional states. The result of our evaluation has shown that both systems successfully selected the suitable phrases for representing given environmental conditions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51449097647&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=51449097647&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Paper
AN - SCOPUS:51449097647
SP - 269
EP - 272
ER -