Natural-language-based development of information systems

Data and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-57

  Berztiss, A T ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Conceptual model; Domain model; Formal language; Natural language; Pattern; Query

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA STRUCTURES; FORMAL LANGUAGES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; QUERY LANGUAGES;

CONCEPTUAL MODELS;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031161871     PISSN: 0169023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-023X(97)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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