A Field Evaluation of Natural Language for Data Retrieval

1 January 1985

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Vol. SE-11 (1) , 97-114
https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.1985.231847

Abstract

Although a large number of natural language database interfaces have been developed, there have been few empirical studies of their practical usefulness. This paper presents the design and results of a field evaluation of a natural language system-NLS-used for data retrieval.

Keywords

NATURAL LANGUAGES
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
LABORATORIES
APPLICATION SOFTWARE
DATABASE LANGUAGES
RELATIONAL DATABASES
PROBLEM-SOLVING
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
DATA ANALYSIS
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

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