Abstract: In this paper, we present a technique to learn an evaluate new dialog strategies by comparing different dialog corpora acquired for a specific dialog task. A dialog simulation technique has been developed to acquire data required to learn a new dialog model and explore new dialog strategies. A set of measures has also been defined for the evaluation of the quality of the dialog strategy that is automatically learned. We have applied this technique to explore the space of possible dialog strategies for a dialog system that collects monitored data from patients suffering from diabetes.
Index Terms: Dialog Strategy, Dialog Simulation, Dialog Management, Dialog Systems.