Managing Multiple Information Sources for a Questioning Agenda
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https://doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2024.016Keywords
questions, formal dialogue system, inferential erotetic logic, erotetic search scenarios, problem decomposition, multi-agent environment, agents' rankingsAbstract
In this paper, we consider how an agent may manage a questioning agenda in a situation where multiple information sources are available. We work within the framework of formal dialogue systems with the underpinning of Inferential Erotetic Logic. Firstly, we present the formal dialogue system DL(IEL)mult for managing multi-agent information retrieval. Then, we extend the proposed system so that it is capable of representing group and individual levels for the question decomposition process. We also propose two measures for evaluating information sources: their cooperativeness and success levels; next, we analyse how the choice of agents may influence the way in which a solution for a given problem is reached.
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