Proactive Spoken Dialogue Interaction in Multi Party Environments formatIsbn:Softcover 9781489983985 All contributing authors are renowned van Oystaeyen All contributing authors are renowned experts in their fields and topics covered in this volume represent the forefront of today’s science Scientists are still debating the effects of low doses of radiation delivered over a long period of time In order to assist the proactive spoken dialogue systems development The resulting novel characteristics such as proactiveness and multi party capabilities pose new challenges on the dialogue management component of such a system and require the use and administration of an extensive dialogue history