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Validating Conceptual Models - Utilising Analysis Patterns as an Instrument for Explanation Generation

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Natural Language Processing and Information Systems (NLDB 2000)

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In this paper we outline an architecture and design principles to support the validation of conceptual models by generation of explanations in natural language. The architecture utilises the concept of analysis patterns as a context for explaining implicit dependencies between different parts of the model. In addition Toulmin’s argumentation model is used to structure the interaction between user and system. We argue that this architecture assists in building explanation generation systems that are highly interactive and provide an adequate amount of information for different user categories.

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  1. Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology, Electrum 230, S-164 40, Kista, Sweden

    Maria Bergholtz & Paul Johannesson

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  1. PRiSM Laboratory, University of Versailles, 45 av.des Etats-Unis, 78035, Paris, France

    Mokrane Bouzeghoub  & Zoubida Kedad  & 

  2. CNAM, CEDRIC Laboratory, 292 rue Saint-Martin, 75003, Paris

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Bergholtz, M., Johannesson, P. (2001). Validating Conceptual Models - Utilising Analysis Patterns as an Instrument for Explanation Generation. In: Bouzeghoub, M., Kedad, Z., Métais, E. (eds) Natural Language Processing and Information Systems. NLDB 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1959. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45399-7_27

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