Michael F. McTear

Also published as: Michael McTear


2025

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Optimizing RAG: Classifying Queries for Dynamic Processing
Kabir Olawore | Michael McTear | Yaxin Bi | David Griol
Proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology

In Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems efficient information retrieval is crucial for enhancing user experience and satisfaction, as response times and computational demands significantly impact performance. RAG can be unnecessarily resource-intensive for frequently asked questions (FAQs) and simple questions. In this paper we introduce an approach in which we categorize user questions into simple queries that do not require RAG processing. Evaluation results show that our proposal reduces latency and improves response efficiency compared to systems relying solely on RAG.

2008

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Coling 2008: Proceedings of the workshop on Speech Processing for Safety Critical Translation and Pervasive Applications
Pierrette Bouillon | Farzad Ehsani | Robert Frederking | Michael McTear | Manny Rayner
Coling 2008: Proceedings of the workshop on Speech Processing for Safety Critical Translation and Pervasive Applications

2004

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The Queen’s Agents: Using Collaborating Object-Based Dialogue Agents in the Queen’s Communicator
Ian O’Neill | Philip Hanna | Xingkun Liu | Michael McTear
COLING 2004: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computational Linguistics

1999

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An Object-Oriented Approach to the Design of Dialogue Management Functionality
Ian M. O’Neill | Michael F. McTear
Ninth Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics

1997

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An Object-Oriented Model for the Design of Cross-Domain Dialogue Systems
Ian M. O’Neill | Michael F. McTear
Interactive Spoken Dialog Systems: Bringing Speech and NLP Together in Real Applications