PLOW: A Collaborative Task Learning Agent

Describes PLOW, which learns executable web-task models from a session combining demonstrations, natural-language explanations, and dialogue. Browser instrumentation connects user actions with DOM structure to support task generalization.

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web-navigation, human-in-the-loop, planning

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2007

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James Allen, Nathanael Chambers, George Ferguson, Lucian Galescu, Hyuckchul Jung, Mary Swift, William Taysom

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