Explanation and Interaction

This book explores the challenges of creating interactive, user-sensitive explanations within computational systems. It details a specific system designed to generate tutorial explanations for electronic circuits, offering insights applicable to various computer applications like documentation and expert systems. The approach is rooted in analyzing human explanatory discourse, developing techniques for text planning, dialogue management, and user modeling. Cawsey provides a thorough examination of these issues, presenting a practical framework for developing similar systems.