Towards a natural language user interface: An approach of fuzzy query

International Journal of Geographical Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 143-162

  Wang, Fangju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY QUERY; GIS; NATURAL LANGUAGE; USER INTERFACE;

EID: 0028254073     PISSN: 02693798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02693799408901991     Document Type: Article

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