Abstract
In this study, we introduce an ontology-driven software engine to provide dialogue interaction functionality for a conversational agent for HPV vaccine counseling. Currently, the HPV vaccination rates are low that risks unprotected individuals at being infected with HPV, a virus that leads to life-threatening cancers. In addition, we developed a question answering subsystem to support the dialogue engine. In this paper, we discuss our design and development of an ontology-driven dialogue engine that uses the Patient Health Information Dialogue Ontology, an ontology that we previously developed, and a question answering subsystem based on various previous methods to supplement the dialogue engine’s interaction with the user. Our next step is to test the functional ability of the ontology-driven software components and deploy the engine in a live environment to be integrated with a speech interface.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 24-30 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | CEUR Workshop Proceedings |
| Volume | 2427 |
| State | Published - 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 4th International Workshop on Semantics-Powered Data Mining and Analytics, SEPDA 2019 - Aukland, New Zealand Duration: Oct 27 2019 → … |
Keywords
- Conversational agent
- Dialogue management
- Ontology
- Question answering
- Vaccines
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Computer Science