PROTOTYPING AN INTELLIGENT AGENT THROUGH WIZARD OF OZ

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dc.contributor.authorMander, Richardeng
dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, Sauleng
dc.contributor.authorMaulsby, Davideng
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-26T22:40:14Z
dc.date.available2008-02-26T22:40:14Z
dc.date.computerscience1999-05-27eng
dc.date.issued1992-09-01eng
dc.description.abstractTurvy is a simulated prototype of an instructible agent. The user teaches it by demonstrating actions and pointing at or talking about relevant data. We formalized our assumptions about what could be implemented, then used the Wizard of Oz to flesh out a design and observe users' reactions as they taught several editing tasks. We found: a) all users invent a similar set of commands to teach the agent; b) users learn the agent's language by copying its speech; c) users teach simple tasks with ease and comple x ones with reasonable effort; and d) agents cannot expect users to point to or identify critical features without prompting. In conducting this rather complex simulation, we learned some lessons about using the Wizard of Oz to prototype intelligent agents: a) design of the simulation benefits greatly from prior implementation experience; b) the agent's behavior and dialog capabilities must be based on formal models; c) studies of verbal discourse lead directly to an implementable system; d) the designer benefits greatly by becoming the Wizard; e) qualitative data is more valuable for answering global concerns, while quantitative data validates accounts and answers fine-grained questions.eng
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dc.identifier.department1992-489-27eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30913
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/45599
dc.language.isoEngeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyScienceeng
dc.subjectComputer Scienceeng
dc.titlePROTOTYPING AN INTELLIGENT AGENT THROUGH WIZARD OF OZeng
dc.typeunknown
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceeng
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