As spoken natural language dialog systems technology continues to make great strides, numerous issues regarding dialog processing still need to be resolved. Thi

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This book covers state-of-the-art topics on the practical implementation of Spoken Dialog Systems and intelligent assistants in everyday applications. It presen

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