An application of natural language processing to domain modelling: Two case studies

Computer Systems Science and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-51

  Kof, Leonid ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domain modelling; Natural language processing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINEERS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DOMAIN MODELING; DOMAIN ONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY; WRITING RULES;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 13244253886     PISSN: 02676192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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