Special issue on interactive question answering: Introduction

Natural Language Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Webb, N ^a   Webber, Bonnie ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57649134334     PISSN: 13513249     EISSN: 14698110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1351324908004877     Document Type: Editorial

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