Abstract Models for Dialogue Protocols
Raquel Fernández, Ulle Endriss

Abstract:
We examine a variety of dialogue protocols, taking inspiration from
two fields: natural language dialogue modelling and multiagent
systems. In communicative interaction, one can identify different
features that may increase the complexity of the dialogue
structure. This motivates a hierarchy of abstract models for protocols
that takes as a starting point protocols based on deterministic finite
automata. From there, we proceed by looking at particular examples
that justify either an enrichment or a restriction of the initial
model.