LINGUIST List 12.1943

Wed Aug 1 2001

Books: NLP

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>

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1. Chlench, Nicola, NLP: User Modeling 2001: by Bauer, Gmytrasiewicz, & Vassileva (Eds.)

Springer-Verlag announces this new work:
User Modeling 2001
8th International Conference, UM 2001, Sonthofen, Germany, July 13-17, 2001.
Proceedings

Eds: Bauer, M., German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence 
 (DFKI GmbH), SaarbrFCcken, Germany; 
 Gmytrasiewicz, P.J., University of Texas, Airlington, TX, USA; 
 Vassileva, J., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada 
Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series Vol. 1959
ISBN: 3-540-42325-7, DM 82,00/ FF 313,74 / GBP 30,50 / USD 56 (softcover)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th
International Conference on User Modeling, UM 2001, held in Sonthofen,
Germany in July 2001.

The 19 revised full papers and 20 poster summaries presented together
with summaries of 12 selected student presentations were carefully
reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. The book offers topical
sections on acquiring user models from multi-modal user input;
learning interaction models; user models for natural language
interpretation, processing, and generation; adaptive interviewing for
acquiring user preferences and product customization; supporting user
collaboration through adaptive agents; student modeling; and adaptive
information filtering, retrieval, and browsing.

Please search our catalogue for more information on this and other titles:
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