AGENCY: English Interaction with Intelligent Agents

1.  Table of Contents

          Part 1.   Table of Contents ...............................................................3
          Part 2.    Identification and Significance of the Innovation ..................4
                    1. The Design Problem
                    2. The Solution
                    3. The Innovation and its Significance
                        1. As a Shared Tool for Rapid Modeling
                        2. As a Vehicle to Standardize IA Modeling Schemas
                        3. As a Tool for Understanding a Hierarchy of Plans
                        4. As a Tool for Verifying a Hierarchy of Plans
                    4.   The Opportunity – A Tool for Interpreting English
          Part 3.  Technical Objectives for Phase I ........................................10
          Part 4.  Work Plan for Phase I .......................................................11
                    1. Refine and Describe the Overall Agency Architecture
                    2. The Chart as a Rosetta Stone
                    3. Operator Input and Output – The Agency User Interfaces
                    4. What Happens in CONTEXT During Dialogs?
                       *  Figure: Sample Data Underlying the Transcriber
                       *  Figure: Two Parse Trees for Ambiguous Sentence
                    5. Syntax: Plan Required Transcriber Upgrades
                    6. Semantics:  Vocabulary Models and Topics
                        1.  Topic Models - How Are They Created?
                        2.  How Are Topics Found, as Opposed to Built?
                        3.  Special-case Filters can Simplify Our Task
                       4.  Agency as a Workgroup-Specific IA Toolkit for Plans
          Part 5.   Related R&D ................................................................. 20
          Part 6.   Key Personnel .................................................................20
          Part 7.   Relationship with Phase II and Future R&D...................... 21
          Part 8.   Company Information and Facilities...................................22
          Part 9.   Subcontracts and Consultants............................................23
          Part 10. Commercial Applications Potential.....................................24
          Part 11. Similar Proposals and Awards...........................................24
          Part 12. Bibliography......................................................................25
          Part 13. Cost Proposal...................................................................25