AUTOMATIC MESSAGE RETRIEVAL. STUDIES FOR THE DESIGN OF AN ENGLISH COMMAND AND CONTROL LANGUAGE SYSTEM.

Abstract

An associative searching technique was developed for the automatic storage and retrieval of natural language message information. A user may employ his own vocabulary in formulating a typewritten request, and the technique allows the machine to find relevant information even when there is no direct matching of vocabulary items. The method thus lends itself to ready interaction between computer and user. Answers are based on the network of associations implicit in the stored message data, and items are outputed in order of decreasing relevance to the question. The technique can be advantageously implemented on existing data processing equipment and may eventually be used in conjunction with a novel form of associative memory-processor. The associative retrieval method does not require pre-indexing of the stored information. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0433603

Entities

Organizations

  • Arthur D. Little

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Content Addressable Memory
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Language
  • Natural Languages
  • Processing Equipment
  • Vocabulary

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control