Improving the portability of natural language interfaces through learning
department or school: Science, Faculty of
department or school: Computer Science, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: McClement, Gregory J.
issued: 2008-09-15T21:15:54Z
issued: 1993
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: One major concern with natural language interfaces is dealing with the problem of porting the system from one domain to another. Early approaches required that significant parts of the system be rewritten. Improvements have been made to the point that a system can be configured for a new database by a database expert who has no special knowledge of Computational Linguistics. Unfortunately, this has not yet lead to the widespread use of natural language interfaces. Proposed here is a natural language interface that can he configured by a user that has no knowledge of Computational Linguistics and no knowledge of databases ie - no knowledge of formal query languages, no knowledge of relational databases and no knowledge about how the data is organized in the database. Such a user merely needs to know some specific information about the domain that is modelled by the database. For an employee database, specific information is knowledge about a particular employee, eg - their name, address, and department.
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note: Improving the Portability ofNatural Language InterfacesThrough LearningbyGregory John McClementB.Sc., The University of Regina, 1989A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OFTHE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OFMASTER OF SCIENCEinTHE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIESDEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCEWe accept this thesis as conformingto the required standardTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIANovember, 1993© Gregory John McClement, 1993In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanceddegree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make itfreely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensivecopying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the head of mydepartment or by his or her representatives. It is understood that copying orpublication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my writtenpermission.(Signature)Department of Cc-AA r -ker. SCleV\C eThe University of British ColumbiaVancouver, CanadaDate ^6 (993DE-6 (2/88)AbstractOne major concern with natural language interfaces is dealing with the problem of portingthe system from one domain to another. Early approaches required that significant parts ofthe system be rewritten. Improvements have been made to the point that a system can beconfigured for a new database by a database expert who has no special knowledge ofComputational Linguistics. Unfortunately, this has not yet lead to the widespread use ofnatural language interfaces. Proposed here is a natural language interface that can heconfigured by a user that has no knowledge of Computational Linguistics and noknowledge of databases ie - no knowledge of formal query languages, no knowledge ofrelational databases and no knowledge about how the data is organized in the database.Such a user merely needs to know some specific information about the domain that ismodelled by the database. For an employee database, specific information is knowledgeabo…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 1993-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0051227
language: eng
degree discipline: Computer Science
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publisher: University of British Columbia
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1985