Intelligent communication assistant for databases
Gabriel Jakobson, Varda Shaked, S. Rowley, Maurice I. Crystal · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1983
An intelligent communication assistant for databases, called FRED (front end for databases) is explored. FRED is designed to facilitate access to database systems by users of varying levels of experience. FRED is a second generation of natural language front-ends for databases and intends to solve two critical interface problems existing between end-users and databases: connectivity and communication problems. The authors report their experiences in developing software for natural language query processing, dialog control, and knowledge representation, as well as the direction of future work. 10 references.