Title :
A Field Evaluation of Natural Language for Data Retrieval
Author :
Jarke, Matthias ; Tuner, J.A. ; Stohr, Edward A. ; Vassiliou, Yannis ; White, Norman H. ; Michielsen, Ken
Author_Institution :
Graduate School of Business Administration, Computer Applications and Information Systems Area, New York University
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 :
Human-machine interaction; interface design; language evaluation; natural language query; query languages; Application software; Data analysis; Database languages; Information retrieval; Information systems; Laboratories; Natural languages; Performance evaluation; Problem-solving; Relational databases; Human-machine interaction; interface design; language evaluation; natural language query; query languages;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.1985.231847
