Problem Solving in a Natural Language Environment.

Abstract

The kinds of requests that can be currently handled by natural language data base systems are constrained mainly to simple queries to retrieve information from the data base. The requests must be completely specified by the user (though certain information can be assumed from past context). This paper is a proposal for a Ph.D. thesis that explores requests of a more complicated nature. The goal is to take vague and complex requests from users and turn them into well-defined problems. Missing information will be filled in through world knowledge or from the current dialog context. The transformation of the request into a well-defined problem and the generation of a plan to solve the problem will be guided by a set of problem solving frames. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 21, 1979
Accession Number
ADA085894

Entities

People

  • Bradley Alan Goodman

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Economic Forecasting
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Natural Language Understanding
  • Natural Languages
  • Programming Languages
  • Relational Databases
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Trees (Data Structures)

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design