Compansion: From research prototype to practical integration

Natural Language Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-95

  Mccoy, Kathleen F ^a   Pennington, Christopher A ^b   Badman, Arlene Luberoff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories   (United States)

^c Prentke Romich Company   (United States)

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EID: 85012519195     PISSN: 13513249     EISSN: 14698110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1351324998001843     Document Type: Article

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