How to make a natural language interface to query databases accessible to everyone: An example
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Title: | How to make a natural language interface to query databases accessible to everyone: An example |
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Authors: | Llopis, Miguel | Ferrández, Antonio |
Research Group/s: | Procesamiento del Lenguaje y Sistemas de Información (GPLSI) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos |
Keywords: | Natural language interface | Relational database | Ontology extraction | Concept hierarchy | Query-authoring services |
Knowledge Area: | Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos |
Issue Date: | Sep-2013 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Computer Standards & Interfaces. 2013, 35(5): 470-481. doi:10.1016/j.csi.2012.09.005 |
Abstract: | Natural Language Interfaces to Query Databases (NLIDBs) have been an active research field since the 1960s. However, they have not been widely adopted. This article explores some of the biggest challenges and approaches for building NLIDBs and proposes techniques to reduce implementation and adoption costs. The article describes {AskMe*}, a new system that leverages some of these approaches and adds an innovative feature: query-authoring services, which lower the entry barrier for end users. Advantages of these approaches are proven with experimentation. Results confirm that, even when {AskMe*} is automatically reconfigurable against multiple domains, its accuracy is comparable to domain-specific NLIDBs. |
Sponsor: | This research has been partially funded by the Valencia Government under Project PROMETEO/2009/119, and by the Spanish Government under Project Textmess 2.0 (TIN2009-13391-C04-01) and TIN2012-31224. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/40119 |
ISSN: | 0920-5489 (Print) | 1872-7018 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.csi.2012.09.005 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csi.2012.09.005 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - GPLSI - Artículos de Revistas |
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