How to make a natural language interface to query databases accessible to everyone: An example

Computer Standards and Interfaces

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 470-481

  Llopis, Miguel ^a   Ferrández, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concept hierarchy; Natural language interface; Ontology extraction; Query authoring services; Relational database

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT HIERARCHIES; NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACES; ONTOLOGY EXTRACTION; QUERY-AUTHORING SERVICES; RELATIONAL DATABASE;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; QUERY PROCESSING;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84878286634     PISSN: 09205489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csi.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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