Translating keyword commands into executable code

UIST: Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Softaware and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 135-144

  Little, Greg ^a   Miller, Robert C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Command languages; End user programming; Natural language processing; Web automation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SEARCH ENGINES; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; USER INTERFACES;

COMMAND LANGUAGES; END-USER PROGRAMMING; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; WEB AUTOMATION;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

EID: 34547280139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1166253.1166275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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