• DocumentCode
    1236774
  • 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
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    97
  • Lastpage
    114
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0098-5589
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TSE.1985.231847
  • Filename
    1701902