@TECHREPORT{AICPub1411:1977, AUTHOR={Grosz, Barbara J.}, TITLE={The Representation and Use of Focus in a System for Understanding Dialogs}, ADDRESS={333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025}, INSTITUTION={AI Center, SRI International}, MONTH={June}, NUMBER={150}, YEAR={1977}, KEYWORDS={Dialog}, ABSTRACT={As a dialog progresses, the objects and actions that are most relevant to the conversation, and hence in the focus of attention of the dialog participants, change. This paper describes a representation of focus for language understanding systems, emphasizing its use in understanding task-oriented dialogs.}, NOTE={To be presented at the 5th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Cambridge, MA, August 22-25, 1977. Superseded by Tech Note 151.} }
