Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of dialogmanager

Timestamp:

12/03/19 14:53:13 (5 years ago)

Author:

wouter

Comment:

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dialogmanager

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 The dialog manager is a tool to create and execute dialogs  with a human user.
 
-== Terminology
+The basic dialog cycle as represented in DialogState and implemented in DemoApp is like this
 
-* Distance between parameters: the euclidean distance (sqrt of the sum of squares) of the difference between the two parameter values, on a per-key basis. Only values for which hoth parameters have the key are compared. 
+{{{
+while (!state.isFinal()) {
+        state = state.withRandomOption();
+        Stimulus stimulus = state.getOption().getStimulation()
+                .substitute(state.getParameters());
+        present stimulus
+        String answer = get answer fitting state.getOption.getAnswerType();
+        state = state.with(answer);
+}}}
 
+== Parameters
+* The user's answers, current dialog state label, and other parameters relevant for the dialog are stored in a set of parameters. This is just a map with keys and values both strings. The keys are called the "variable name" and the values the "variable value". 
+* Distance between two parameters is the euclidean distance (sqrt of the sum of squares) of the difference between the two parameter values, on a per-key basis. Only values for which both parameters have the key are compared. For non-numeric values, the difference is usually 0 if the values are equal, or else 1.
 
 The dialog manager contains a number of key objects