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AI-based conversational agents: A scoping review from technologies to future directions

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Kusal, Sheetal, Patil, Shruti, Choudrie, Jyoti, Kotecha, Ketan, Mishra, Sashikala, Abraham, Ajith·2022·IEEE Access

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Artificial intelligence is changing the world, especially the interaction between machines and humans. Learning and interpreting natural languages and responding have paved the way for many technologies and applications. The amalgam of machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing helped Conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) to change the face of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). A conversational agent is an excellent example of conversational AI, which imitates the natural language. This article presents a sweeping overview of conversational agents that includes different techniques such as pattern-based, machine learning, and deep learning used to implement conversational agents. It also discusses the panorama of different tasks in conversational agents. This study also focuses on how conversational agents can simulate human behavior by adding emotions, sentiments, and affect to the context. With the advancements in recent trends and the rise in deep learning models, the authors review the deep learning techniques and various publicly available datasets used in conversational agents. This article unearths the research gaps in conversational agents and gives insights into future directions.

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Authors
Kusal, S., Patil, S., Choudrie, J., Kotecha, K., Mishra, S., & Abraham, A.
Affiliations
  • Symbiosis International University (IN)
  • University of Hertfordshire (GB)
  • Machine Intelligence Research Labs (US)
Venue
IEEE Access
Published
2022
Volume
10
Pages
92337-92356
ISSN
2169-3536 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4292825932
Cited by
140
References
99
Citations by year
2026: 31 · 2025: 48 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 1
FWCI
8.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • IEEE Access (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Analytical Center for Government of the Russian Federation (70-2021-00143 dd. 01.11.2021, IGK000000D730321P5Q0002)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Speech and dialogue systems
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI in Service Interactions
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
Keywords
chatbots, conversational AI, human-computer interaction, natural language processing, deep learning, machine learning, sentiment, conversational datasets, research gaps

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