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This technical report presents the Drama Engine, a novel framework for agentic interaction with large language models designed for narrative purposes. The framework adapts multi-agent system principles to create dynamic, context-aware…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Martin Pichlmair , Riddhi Raj , Charlene Putney

This paper analyses Conversational AI multi-agent interoperability frameworks and describes the novel architecture proposed by the Open Voice Interoperability initiative (Linux Foundation AI and DATA), also known briefly as OVON (Open Voice…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Diego Gosmar , Deborah A. Dahl , Emmett Coin

The development of conversational agents (CAs) has shown strong potential in supporting mental health through dialogue. While many studies focus on CAs for individual psychological care, research on agents designed for couples facing…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Soyoung Jung , Sung Park

Recent advancements in generative Large Language Models(LLMs) have been remarkable, however, the quality of the text generated by these models often reveals persistent issues. Evaluating the quality of text generated by these models,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Yu Li , Shenyu Zhang , Rui Wu , Xiutian Huang , Yongrui Chen , Wenhao Xu , Guilin Qi , Dehai Min

We propose a method that allows to develop shared understanding between two agents for the purpose of performing a task that requires cooperation. Our method focuses on efficiently establishing successful task-oriented communication in an…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Nikolaos Kondylidis , Ilaria Tiddi , Annette ten Teije

The recent success of large language models (LLMs) has attracted widespread interest to develop role-playing conversational agents personalized to the characteristics and styles of different speakers to enhance their abilities to perform…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-07 Yizhe Yang , Palakorn Achananuparp , Heyan Huang , Jing Jiang , Ee-Peng Lim

Conversational search has seen increased recent attention in both the IR and NLP communities. It seeks to clarify and solve users' search needs through multi-turn natural language interactions. However, most existing systems are trained and…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Zhenduo Wang , Zhichao Xu , Qingyao Ai , Vivek Srikumar

Many businesses and consumers are extending the capabilities of voice-based services such as Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Microsoft Cortana, and Apple Siri to create custom voice experiences (also known as skills). As the number of these…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-11-18 Maryam Fazel-Zarandi , Sampat Biswas , Ryan Summers , Ahmed Elmalt , Andy McCraw , Michael McPhilips , John Peach

Conversational systems or chatbots are an example of AI-Infused Applications (AIIA). Chatbots are especially important as they are often the first interaction of clients with a business and are the entry point of a business into the AI…

Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) have propelled conversational AI from traditional dialogue systems into sophisticated agents capable of autonomous actions, contextual awareness, and multi-turn interactions with users. Yet,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Emre Can Acikgoz , Cheng Qian , Hongru Wang , Vardhan Dongre , Xiusi Chen , Heng Ji , Dilek Hakkani-Tür , Gokhan Tur

Conversational systems use spoken language to interact with their users. Although conversational systems, such as Amazon Alexa, are becoming common and afford interesting functionalities, there is little known about the issues users of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-03-03 Soodeh Atefi , Andrew Truelove , Matheus Rheinschmitt , Eduardo Almeida , Iftekhar Ahmed , Amin Alipour

The rise of Agentic applications and automation in the Voice AI industry has led to an increased reliance on Large Language Models (LLMs) to navigate graph-based logic workflows composed of nodes and edges. However, existing methods face…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Alex Casella , Wayne Wang

In an era where single large language models have dominated the landscape of artificial intelligence for years, multi-agent systems arise as new protagonists in conversational task-solving. While previous studies have showcased their…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Jonas Becker

Autonomous systems such as self-driving cars and general-purpose robots are safety-critical systems that operate in highly uncertain and dynamic environments. We propose an interactive multi-agent framework where the system-under-design is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-07 Xin Qin , Nikos Aréchiga , Andrew Best , Jyotirmoy Deshmukh

Despite important progress, conversational systems often generate dialogues that sound unnatural to humans. We conjecture that the reason lies in their different training and testing conditions: agents are trained in a controlled "lab"…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Alberto Testoni , Raffaella Bernardi

The rise of AI conversational agents has broadened opportunities to enhance human capabilities across various domains. As these agents become more prevalent, it is crucial to investigate the impact of different affective abilities on their…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Javier Hernandez , Jina Suh , Judith Amores , Kael Rowan , Gonzalo Ramos , Mary Czerwinski

Software testing framework can be stated as the process of verifying and validating that a computer program/application works as expected and meets the requirements of the user. Usually testing can be done manually or using tools. Manual…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2013-07-15 K. Karnavel , V. Divya , Gnanakeerthika , P. Karthika

In this paper, we reexamine prompt engineering for large language models through the lens of automata theory. We argue that language models function as automata and, like all automata, should be programmed in the languages they accept, a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Wei Dong

With the recent development of natural language generation models - termed as large language models (LLMs) - a potential use case has opened up to improve the way that humans interact with robot assistants. These LLMs should be able to…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-11-27 Mitchell Rosser , Marc. G Carmichael