(The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science 14) Tariq Samad (auth.)-A Natural Language Interface for Computer-Aided Design-Springer US (1986).pdf

A NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE
PUTER-AIDED DESIGN
THE KLUWER INTERNATIONAL SERIES
IN ENGINEERING PUTER SCIENCE
NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
AND MACHINE TRANSLAnON
Consulting Editor
Jaime Carbonell
A NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE
PUTER-AIDED DESIGN
by
Tariq Samad
Carnegie-Mellon University
Research Center puter Aided Design
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Samad, Tariq.
A natural language interface puter aided
design.
(Kluwer international series in engineering and
computer science)
Includes index.
I. Engineering design-Data processing.
2. Computer-aided design. 3. CLEOPATRA (Computer
program language) I. Title. II. Series.
1986 620'.00425'02855133 86-9407
ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-9407-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-2281-8
DOl: -1-4613-2281-8
Copyright © 1986 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1986
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Contents
Preface vii
1. Introduction 1
. The Pros and Cons of Natural Language Interfaces 3
. Domanial Implications 5
. Cleopatra 6
. Natural Language Processing-Some Prelimina