An Ontology-Based Utterance Interpretation in the Context of Intelligent Assistance

• Emerson Cabrera Paraiso PUCPR
• Jean-Paul A. Barthès UTC

Resumo

In this paper we present an ontology-based utterance interpretation in the context of intelligent assistance. Ontologies are used for syntactic and semantic interpretation and for task representation. This mechanism is embedded in a conversational interface applied to personal assistant agents. The main goal of this approach is to offer a system capable of performing tasks through an intuitive interface, allowing experienced and less experienced users to interact with it in an easy and comfortable way.

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