Knowledge-enhanced mixed-initiative dialogue system for emotional support conversations

• Main Authors: DENG, Yang, ZHANG, Wenxuan, YUAN, Yifei, LAM, Wai
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9124; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10127/viewcontent/2023.acl_long.225.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Unlike empathetic dialogues, the system in emotional support conversations (ESC) is expected to not only convey empathy for comforting the help-seeker, but also proactively assist in exploring and addressing their problems during the conversation. In this work, we study the problem of mixed-initiati...