2020
Conversational ontology operator: patient-centric vaccine dialogue management engine for spoken conversational agents
Amith M, Lin R, Cui L, Wang D, Zhu A, Xiong G, Xu H, Roberts K, Tao C. Conversational ontology operator: patient-centric vaccine dialogue management engine for spoken conversational agents. BMC Medical Informatics And Decision Making 2020, 20: 259. PMID: 33317519, PMCID: PMC7734717, DOI: 10.1186/s12911-020-01267-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDialogue engineUser-centric systemOntology-based systemQuestion-answering systemManagement engineSoftware engineQuestion AnsweringConversational agentsDialogue interactionCompetency questionsContextual informationConsumer usersCore taskAccuracy scoresConsumer questionsEngineConversational flowHealth informationSimulation trialsInformationUsersFuture plansNext stepOntologyWizard
2019
An Ontology-Powered Dialogue Engine For Patient Communication of Vaccines.
Amith M, Lin R, Cui L, Wang D, Zhu A, Xiong G, Xu H, Roberts K, Tao C. An Ontology-Powered Dialogue Engine For Patient Communication of Vaccines. CEUR Workshop Proceedings 2019, 2427: 24-30. PMID: 32704245, PMCID: PMC7376741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDialogue engineSoftware componentsSoftware engineSpeech interfaceInteraction functionalitiesConversational agentsLive environmentEngine interactionHPV vaccine counselingHPV vaccination ratesLife-threatening cancerOntologyPrevious methodsVaccine counselingVaccination ratesFunctional abilityEnginePatient communicationUnprotected individuals