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Learning of policy for selection of associative topic in dialog system

US11574550B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 1, 2017
Grant dateFeb 7, 2023
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B5/06
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for learning a policy for selection of an associative topic, which can be used in a dialog system, is described. The method includes obtaining a policy base that indicates a topic transition from a source topic to a destination topic and a short-term reward for the topic transition, by analyzing data from a corpus. The short-term reward may be defined as probability of associating a positive response. The method also includes calculating an expected long-term reward for the topic transition using the short-term reward for the topic transition with taking into account a discounted reward for a subsequent topic transition. The method further includes generating a policy using the policy base and the expected long-term reward for the topic transition. The policy indicates selection of the destination topic for the source topic as an associative topic for a current topic.

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