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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2014.139
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-46528
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2014/4652/
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O'Neill, Brian ; Riedl, Mark

Applying Qualitative Research Methods to Narrative Knowledge Engineering

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Abstract

We propose a methodology for knowledge engineering for narrative intelligence systems, based on techniques used to elicit themes in qualitative methods research. Our methodology uses coding techniques to identify actions in natural language corpora, and uses these actions to create planning operators and procedural knowledge, such as scripts. In an iterative process, coders create a taxonomy of codes relevant to the corpus, and apply those codes to each element of that corpus. These codes can then be combined into operators or other narrative knowledge structures. We also describe the use of this methodology in the context of Dramatis, a narrative intelligence system that required STRIPS operators and scripts in order to calculate human suspense responses to stories.

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@InProceedings{oneill_et_al:OASIcs:2014:4652,
  author =	{Brian O'Neill and Mark Riedl},
  title =	{{Applying Qualitative Research Methods to Narrative Knowledge Engineering}},
  booktitle =	{2014 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative},
  pages =	{139--153},
  series =	{OpenAccess Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-71-2},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2014},
  volume =	{41},
  editor =	{Mark A. Finlayson and Jan Christoph Meister and Emile G. Bruneau},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2014/4652},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-46528},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2014.139},
  annote =	{Keywords: narrative intelligence, qualitative methods, coding, knowledge engineering}
}

Keywords: narrative intelligence, qualitative methods, coding, knowledge engineering
Collection: 2014 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative
Issue Date: 2014
Date of publication: 08.08.2014

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