ILEX: An architecture for a dynamic hypertext generation system

Natural Language Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-250

  O'DONNELL, M ^a   Mellish, C ^a   Oberlander, J ^a   Knott, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84937335325     PISSN: 13513249     EISSN: 14698110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1351324901002698     Document Type: Article

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