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Jaramillo Zhingre, José Ubertino.Pdf UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA Área de la Energía, las Industrias y los Recursos Naturales no Renovables Carrera de Ingeniería en Sistemas TEMA: “CONSTRUCCIÓN DE UN SISTEMA DE DIÁLOGO COMPLETO, EN LENGUA ESPAÑOLA, PARA LA BIBLIOTECA BRAILLE DEL HONORABLE CONSEJO PROVINCIAL DE LOJA, EL CUAL SE ENCARGARA DE PROPORCIONAR INFORMACIÓN BIBLIOGRÁFICA A LAS ESTUDIANTES NO VIDENTES” Tesis previa a la obtención del Título de Ingeniero en Sistemas Autor: José Ubertino Jaramillo Zhingre. Director: Ing. Wilson Vélez LOJA - ECUADOR 2011 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA Sistema Automático de Información Bibliográfica CERTIFICACIÓN Ing. Wilson Vélez DOCENTE DE LA CARRERA DE INGENIERÍA EN SISTEMAS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA, DIRECTOR DE TESIS C E R T I F I C A: Que el Señor José Ubertino Jaramillo Zhingre, realizo el trabajo de investigación titulado “CONSTRUCCIÓN DE UN SISTEMA DE DIÁLOGO COMPLETO, EN LENGUA ESPAÑOLA, PARA LA BIBLIOTECA BRAILLE DEL HONORABLE CONSEJO PROVINCIAL DE LOJA, EL CUAL SE ENCARGARA DE PROPORCIONAR INFORMACIÓN BIBLIOGRÁFICA A LAS ESTUDIANTES NO VIDENTES” bajo mi dirección y asesoramiento, mismo que fue revisado, enmendado y corregido minuciosamente. En virtud que la Tesis reúne, a satisfacción, las cualidades de fondo y forma exigidas para un trabajo de este nivel, autorizo su presentación, sustentación y defensa ante el tribunal respectivo. Loja, Septiembre del 2011 …………………………………………. Ing. Wilson Vélez DIRECTOR DE TESIS II UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA Sistema Automático de Información Bibliográfica AUTORÍA Las ideas conceptos y opiniones que se exponen en el trabajo de investigación que se presenta, son de absoluta responsabilidad del autor, excepto las que se encuentran debidamente citadas. …………………………………. José Ubertino Jaramillo Zhingre III UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA Sistema Automático de Información Bibliográfica AGRADECIMIENTO Agradezco primeramente a Dios por haberme permitido llegar hasta donde estoy ya que Él es la fortaleza y la luz que me guía en los senderos de la vida, ya que sin Él no soy nada. A la Universidad Nacional de Loja, Centro Educativo donde se me permitió consolidar mi formación académica, gratitud profunda a la Carrera de Ingeniería en Sistemas, por los conocimientos en ella recibidos. Agradecimientos especiales a la Lic. Sandra Carrera, por sus consejos y colaboración incondicional en la realización de las pruebas del Sistema en la Biblioteca Braille Parlante del Honorable Consejo Provincial de Loja A mis familiares que estuvieron ahí cuando más los necesite, amigos, compañeros y todas las personas que de una u otra manera ha contribuido en el desarrollo de este gran sueño. Gracias a todos Uds. IV UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA Sistema Automático de Información Bibliográfica DEDICATORIA. A mis padres, que en todo momento de la vida me brindaron su apoyo incondicional y me enseñaron que en este mundo todo se puede alcanzar mientras seas constante y no te des por vencido jamás, a mis hermanas, amigos y todos los que estuvieron presentes cuando más los necesite. José V UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA Sistema Automático de Información Bibliográfica CESIÓN DE DERECHOS José Ubertino Jaramillo Zhingre, autor de la tesis denominada “CONSTRUCCIÓN DE UN SISTEMA DE DIÁLOGO COMPLETO, EN LENGUA ESPAÑOLA, PARA LA BIBLIOTECA BRAILLE DEL HONORABLE CONSEJO PROVINCIAL DE LOJA, EL CUAL SE ENCARGARA DE PROPORCIONAR INFORMACIÓN BIBLIOGRÁFICA A LAS ESTUDIANTES NO VIDENTES”, cedo los derechos correspondientes a la mencionada tesis a favor de la Universidad Nacional de Loja, para que ésta institución haga uso en lo que creyere conveniente. Jose Ubertino Jaramillo Zhingre VI UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA Sistema Automático de Información Bibliográfica RESUMEN Los sistemas de diálogo son programas informáticos que se diseñan con la finalidad de emular a un ser humano en un diálogo oral con otra persona. Actualmente, diversas empresas e instituciones usan estos sistemas para proporcionar información y otros servicios de forma automática. En la presente tesis, titulada “CONSTRUCCIÓN DE UN SISTEMA DE DIÁLOGO COMPLETO, EN LENGUA ESPAÑOLA, PARA LA BIBLIOTECA BRAILLE DEL HONORABLE CONSEJO PROVINCIAL DE LOJA, EL CUAL SE ENCARGARA DE PROPORCIONAR INFORMACIÓN BIBLIOGRÁFICA A LAS ESTUDIANTES NO VIDENTES”, se expone el estado del arte en el área de los sistemas de diálogo y se presenta el trabajo realizado en el diseño e implementación de los módulos de un sistema de diálogo determinado. La tesis aporta el desarrollo de un sistema de dialogo con entrada y salida en lengua española y para una tarea de Dominio semántico restringido. Dicho sistema está constituido por los módulos de comprensión del Lenguaje, gestor del dialogo y de generación de respuestas en lenguaje natural. Dado el objetivo central de la tesis, el desarrollo del módulo gestor de diálogo ha sido el principal trabajo ya que es la base fundamental de todo sistema de dialogo. La aplicación está orientada al sector de bibliotecas Braille para personas no videntes, la misma que permitirá principalmente poder consultar a un estudiante no vidente sobre algún tema en particular, dicho tema dependerá de si se encuentra o no el libro ingresado en la Base de datos, además permitirá la administración de libros permitiendo agregar, modificar o actualizar su contenido facilitando así la usabilidad del sistema ya que no se quedara limitado a un dominio inicial sino que este ira incrementando su dominio de acuerdo a lo existente en su base de datos, además cuenta con un módulo generador de estadísticas sobre qué temas son mas consultados, que materias son más frecuentes y el número de consultas que se generan permitiendo así la administración y adquisición correcta y adecuada de libros de acuerdo a lo que requieren los estudiantes. Como parte fundamental para el desarrollo de este proceso de investigación, se empezó con la determinación del tema, planeamiento de los objetivos y la selección de una metodología la cual permitió la planificación de procedimientos que se llevaron a cabo mediante métodos, técnicas, análisis, diseño, programación y validación del software. La metodología de desarrollo de software seleccionada para el presente proyecto fue ICONIX, la misma que hace un fuerte uso del UML lo que permitirá realizar un mejor diseño de la aplicación. VII UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA Sistema Automático de Información Bibliográfica ABSTRACT Dialogue systems are computer programs that are designed in order to emulate a human being in a spoken dialogue with another person. Currently, several companies and institutions use these systems to provide information and other services automatically. In this thesis, entitled "CONSTRUCTION OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF DIALOGUE IN SPANISH LANGUAGE, BRAILLE LIBRARY FOR THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL OF THE HONORABLE of Loja, which is responsible BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PROVIDED TO STUDENTS Blind," outlines the state of art in the area of dialogue systems and presents the work done in the design and implementation of the modules of a given dialog. The thesis provides the development of a system with input and output dialogue in Spanish and for a task restricted semantic domain. This system consists of modules Language understanding, dialogue manager and response generation in natural language. Given the central aim of the thesis, the development of dialogue management module has been the main work and that is the foundation of any system of dialogue. The sector-oriented application is Braille library for the blind, the same that will mainly be able to consult a blind student on a particular issue, this issue will depend on whether or not the book is entered into the database, management will also allow books to add, modify or update the content thus facilitating the usability of the system and not be limited to an initial domain but this will increment its domain according to your existing database, also has with a statistics generator module which issues are top lists, which are more common materials and the number of queries that are generated allowing acquisition management and proper and adequate books according to what students need. As a key part in developing this research process began with the determination of the issue, planning objectives and the selection of a methodology which allowed for the planning of procedures performed using methods, techniques, analysis, design programming and software validation. The software development methodology selected for this project was ICONIX, it makes heavy use of UML, which allow for a better design of the application. VIII UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA Sistema Automático de Información Bibliográfica INDICE GENERAL CERTIFICACIÓN ..................................................................................................... II AUTORÍA ............................................................................................................... III AGRADECIMIENTO .............................................................................................. IV DEDICATORIA. ...................................................................................................... V CESIÓN DE DERECHOS ...................................................................................... VI RESUMEN ............................................................................................................ VII ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... VIII INDICE GENERAL ...............................................................................................
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