agenda_based_simulator

Agenda-based user simulator from [Zhang and Balog, KDD’20].

Classes

AgendaBasedSimulator

Initializes the agenda-based simulated user.

Module Contents

class agenda_based_simulator.AgendaBasedSimulator(id: str, domain: usersimcrs.core.simulation_domain.SimulationDomain, item_collection: usersimcrs.items.item_collection.ItemCollection, preference_model: usersimcrs.user_modeling.preference_model.PreferenceModel, interaction_model: usersimcrs.simulator.agenda_based.interaction_model.InteractionModel, nlu: dialoguekit.nlu.NLU, nlg: dialoguekit.nlg.ConditionalNLG, ratings: usersimcrs.items.ratings.Ratings)

Bases: usersimcrs.simulator.user_simulator.UserSimulator

Initializes the agenda-based simulated user.

Parameters:

  • id – Simulator ID.

  • domain – Domain.

  • item_collection – Item collection.

  • preference_model – Preference model.

  • interaction_model – Interaction model.

  • nlu – NLU module performing dialogue act extraction.

  • nlg – NLG module generating textual responses.

  • ratings – Historical ratings.

generate_response(agent_utterance: dialoguekit.core.utterance.Utterance) → dialoguekit.core.annotated_utterance.AnnotatedUtterance

Generates response to the agent’s utterance.

Parameters:

agent_utterance – Agent utterance.

Returns:

User utterance.