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Autores principales: Robrecht, Amelie S., Kowalski, Christoph R., Kopp, Stefan
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Publicado: 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.13053
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author Robrecht, Amelie S.
Kowalski, Christoph R.
Kopp, Stefan
author_facet Robrecht, Amelie S.
Kowalski, Christoph R.
Kopp, Stefan
contents Adapting to the addressee is crucial for successful explanations, yet poses significant challenges for dialogsystems. We adopt the approach of treating explanation generation as a non-stationary decision process, where the optimal strategy varies according to changing beliefs about the explainee and the interaction context. In this paper we address the questions of (1) how to track the interaction context and the relevant listener features in a formally defined computational partner model, and (2) how to utilize this model in the dynamically adjusted, rational decision process that determines the currently best explanation strategy. We propose a Bayesian inference-based approach to continuously update the partner model based on user feedback, and a non-stationary Markov Decision Process to adjust decision-making based on the partner model values. We evaluate an implementation of this framework with five simulated interlocutors, demonstrating its effectiveness in adapting to different partners with constant and even changing feedback behavior. The results show high adaptivity with distinct explanation strategies emerging for different partners, highlighting the potential of our approach to improve explainable AI systems and dialogsystems in general.
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spellingShingle SNAPE-PM: Building and Utilizing Dynamic Partner Models for Adaptive Explanation Generation
Robrecht, Amelie S.
Kowalski, Christoph R.
Kopp, Stefan
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Adapting to the addressee is crucial for successful explanations, yet poses significant challenges for dialogsystems. We adopt the approach of treating explanation generation as a non-stationary decision process, where the optimal strategy varies according to changing beliefs about the explainee and the interaction context. In this paper we address the questions of (1) how to track the interaction context and the relevant listener features in a formally defined computational partner model, and (2) how to utilize this model in the dynamically adjusted, rational decision process that determines the currently best explanation strategy. We propose a Bayesian inference-based approach to continuously update the partner model based on user feedback, and a non-stationary Markov Decision Process to adjust decision-making based on the partner model values. We evaluate an implementation of this framework with five simulated interlocutors, demonstrating its effectiveness in adapting to different partners with constant and even changing feedback behavior. The results show high adaptivity with distinct explanation strategies emerging for different partners, highlighting the potential of our approach to improve explainable AI systems and dialogsystems in general.
title SNAPE-PM: Building and Utilizing Dynamic Partner Models for Adaptive Explanation Generation
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.13053