arXiv:2411.07152cs.CLcs.AI2024-11中稿 · DaSH Workshop at V…被引 10

HierTOD用分层目标驱动企业级对话,支持复杂任务的主动引导。

HierTOD: A Task-Oriented Dialogue System Driven by Hierarchical Goals

  • 基于分层目标设计,支持复合任务流程
  • 统一信息收集与步骤指导两种对话模式
  • 在企业场景中提升任务完成效率与交互主动性

任务导向型对话(TOD)系统通过自然语言交互帮助用户完成任务,通常依赖单层工作流结构进行槽位填充,如酒店预订。但在企业环境中,由于领域知识丰富、任务复杂且缺乏标准化文档,现有系统面临挑战。本文提出HierTOD,一种由分层目标驱动的企业级TOD系统,可支持复合工作流。通过聚焦目标驱动交互,系统发挥更主动的作用,促进混合发起式对话并提升任务完成率。系统包含自然语言理解、复合目标检索器、对话管理与响应生成组件,依托结构化的数据服务(领域知识库与检索引擎),经人工评估验证其高效性。此外,系统实现了两种TOD范式的统一:槽位填充用于信息收集,逐步指导用于任务执行。用户研究表明,HierTOD在两种范式下均表现出有效性与实用性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Task-Oriented Dialogue (TOD) systems assist users in completing tasks through natural language interactions, often relying on a single-layered workflow structure for slot-filling in public tasks, such as hotel bookings. However, in enterprise environments, which involve rich domain-specific knowledge, TOD systems face challenges due to task complexity and the lack of standardized documentation. In this work, we introduce HierTOD, an enterprise TOD system driven by hierarchical goals that can support composite workflows. By focusing on goal-driven interactions, our system serves a more proactive role, facilitating mixed-initiative dialogue and improving task completion. Equipped with components for natural language understanding, composite goal retriever, dialogue management, and response generation, backed by a well-organized data service with domain knowledge base and retrieval engine, HierTOD delivers efficient task assistance as judged by human evaluators. Furthermore, our system implementation unifies two TOD paradigms: slot-filling for information collection and step-by-step guidance for task execution. Our user study demonstrates the effectiveness and helpfulness of HierTOD in performing both paradigms.

对话系统任务导向分层目标企业应用

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