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Telecommunication networks are increasingly expected to operate autonomously while supporting heterogeneous services with diverse and often conflicting intents -- that is, performance objectives, constraints, and requirements specific to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Burak Demirel , Pablo Soldati , Yu Wang

In conversational search systems, a key component is to determine and clarify the intent behind complex queries. We view intent clarification in light of the exploratory search paradigm, where users, through an iterative, evolving process…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Maik Larooij

The rapidly growing market demand for automatic dialogue agents capable of goal-oriented behavior has caused many tech-industry leaders to invest considerable efforts into task-oriented dialog systems. The success of these systems is highly…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Ella Rabinovich , Matan Vetzler , David Boaz , Vineet Kumar , Gaurav Pandey , Ateret Anaby-Tavor

Semantic communication focuses on transmitting task-relevant semantic information, aiming for intent-oriented communication. While existing systems improve efficiency by extracting key semantics, they still fail to deeply understand and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Peigen Ye , Jingpu Duan , Hongyang Du , Yulan Guo

Recommender systems take inputs from user history, use an internal ranking algorithm to generate results and possibly optimize this ranking based on feedback. However, often the recommender system is unaware of the actual intent of the user…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Biswarup Bhattacharya , Iftikhar Burhanuddin , Abhilasha Sancheti , Kushal Satya

Personal assistant systems, such as Apple Siri, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and Microsoft Cortana, are becoming ever more widely used. Understanding user intent such as clarification questions, potential answers and user feedback in…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Liu Yang , Minghui Qiu , Chen Qu , Cen Chen , Jiafeng Guo , Yongfeng Zhang , W. Bruce Croft , Haiqing Chen

Large language models excel at following explicit instructions, but they often struggle with ambiguous or incomplete user requests, defaulting to verbose, generic responses instead of seeking clarification. We introduce InfoQuest, a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Bryan L. M. de Oliveira , Luana G. B. Martins , Bruno Brandão , Luckeciano C. Melo

In this paper, we introduce Auto-Intent, a method to adapt a pre-trained large language model (LLM) as an agent for a target domain without direct fine-tuning, where we empirically focus on web navigation tasks. Our approach first discovers…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Jaekyeom Kim , Dong-Ki Kim , Lajanugen Logeswaran , Sungryull Sohn , Honglak Lee

Chatbots have become one of the main pathways for the delivery of business automation tools. Multi-agent systems offer a framework for designing chatbots at scale, making it easier to support complex conversations that span across multiple…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Burak Aksar , Yara Rizk , Tathagata Chakraborti

To handle ambiguous and open-ended requests, Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly trained to interact with users to surface intents they have not yet expressed (e.g., ask clarification questions). However, users are often ambiguous…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Tae Soo Kim , Yoonjoo Lee , Jaesang Yu , John Joon Young Chung , Juho Kim

Goal oriented dialogue systems have become a prominent customer-care interaction channel for most businesses. However, not all interactions are smooth, and customer intent misunderstanding is a major cause of dialogue failure. We show that…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Eyal Ben-David , Boaz Carmeli , Ateret Anaby-Tavor

While GUI agents have shown strong performance under explicit and completion instructions, real-world deployment requires aligning with users' more complex implicit intents. In this work, we highlight Hierarchical Implicit Intent Alignment…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Yibo Lyu , Gongwei Chen , Rui Shao , Weili Guan , Liqiang Nie

Context: User intent modeling is a crucial process in Natural Language Processing that aims to identify the underlying purpose behind a user's request, enabling personalized responses. With a vast array of approaches introduced in the…

Any organization needs to improve their products, services, and processes. In this context, engaging with customers and understanding their journey is essential. Organizations have leveraged various techniques and technologies to support…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Sahar Moradizeyveh

Conversational agents often encounter ambiguous user requests, requiring an effective clarification to successfully complete tasks. While recent advancements in real-world applications favor multi-agent architectures to manage complex…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Emre Can Acikgoz , Jinoh Oh , Joo Hyuk Jeon , Jie Hao , Heng Ji , Dilek Hakkani-Tür , Gokhan Tur , Xiang Li , Chengyuan Ma , Xing Fan

Language agents have demonstrated remarkable potential in web search and information retrieval. However, these search agents assume user queries are complete and unambiguous, an assumption that diverges from reality where users begin with…

The evolution of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has emphasised the significance of meeting diverse user needs. The approaches to identifying and addressing these needs must also advance, recognising that explanation experiences…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-20 Anjana Wijekoon , David Corsar , Nirmalie Wiratunga , Kyle Martin , Pedram Salimi

Understanding user intent is essential for effective planning in conversational assistants, particularly those powered by large language models (LLMs) coordinating multiple agents. However, real-world dialogues are often ambiguous,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Kushan Mitra , Dan Zhang , Hannah Kim , Estevam Hruschka

Task oriented Dialogue Systems generally employ intent detection systems in order to map user queries to a set of pre-defined intents. However, user queries appearing in natural language can be easily ambiguous and hence such a direct…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Kaustubh D. Dhole

Understanding the intent behind chat between customers and customer service agents has become a crucial problem nowadays due to an exponential increase in the use of the Internet by people from different cultures and educational…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Bencheng Wei