acl acl2013 acl2013-190 acl2013-190-reference knowledge-graph by maker-knowledge-mining
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Author: Adam Vogel ; Christopher Potts ; Dan Jurafsky
Abstract: Conversational implicatures involve reasoning about multiply nested belief structures. This complexity poses significant challenges for computational models of conversation and cognition. We show that agents in the multi-agent DecentralizedPOMDP reach implicature-rich interpretations simply as a by-product of the way they reason about each other to maximize joint utility. Our simulations involve a reference game of the sort studied in psychology and linguistics as well as a dynamic, interactional scenario involving implemented artificial agents.
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