Dialogue Systems Engineering: A Survey and Future Directions

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Main Authors: Nakano, Mikio, Takeuchi, Hironori, Yoshikawa, Sadahiro, Matsuyama, Yoichi, Komatani, Kazunori
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author Nakano, Mikio
Takeuchi, Hironori
Yoshikawa, Sadahiro
Matsuyama, Yoichi
Komatani, Kazunori
author_facet Nakano, Mikio
Takeuchi, Hironori
Yoshikawa, Sadahiro
Matsuyama, Yoichi
Komatani, Kazunori
contents This paper proposes to refer to the field of software engineering related to the life cycle of dialogue systems as Dialogue Systems Engineering, and surveys this field while also discussing its future directions. With the advancement of large language models, the core technologies underlying dialogue systems have significantly progressed. As a result, dialogue system technology is now expected to be applied to solving various societal issues and in business contexts. To achieve this, it is important to build, operate, and continuously improve dialogue systems correctly and efficiently. Accordingly, in addition to applying existing software engineering knowledge, it is becoming increasingly important to evolve software engineering tailored specifically to dialogue systems. In this paper, we enumerate the knowledge areas of dialogue systems engineering based on those of software engineering, as defined in the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) Version 4.0, and survey each area. Based on this survey, we identify unexplored topics in each area and discuss the future direction of dialogue systems engineering.
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spellingShingle Dialogue Systems Engineering: A Survey and Future Directions
Nakano, Mikio
Takeuchi, Hironori
Yoshikawa, Sadahiro
Matsuyama, Yoichi
Komatani, Kazunori
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
This paper proposes to refer to the field of software engineering related to the life cycle of dialogue systems as Dialogue Systems Engineering, and surveys this field while also discussing its future directions. With the advancement of large language models, the core technologies underlying dialogue systems have significantly progressed. As a result, dialogue system technology is now expected to be applied to solving various societal issues and in business contexts. To achieve this, it is important to build, operate, and continuously improve dialogue systems correctly and efficiently. Accordingly, in addition to applying existing software engineering knowledge, it is becoming increasingly important to evolve software engineering tailored specifically to dialogue systems. In this paper, we enumerate the knowledge areas of dialogue systems engineering based on those of software engineering, as defined in the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) Version 4.0, and survey each area. Based on this survey, we identify unexplored topics in each area and discuss the future direction of dialogue systems engineering.
title Dialogue Systems Engineering: A Survey and Future Directions
topic Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02279