LINGUIST List 17.1019

Wed Apr 05 2006

Books: Computational Linguistics: Reiter, Dale

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Directory         1.    Joyce Reid, Building Natural Language Generation Systems: Reiter, Dale
Message 1: Building Natural Language Generation Systems: Reiter, Dale
Date: 28-Mar-2006
From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org>
Subject: Building Natural Language Generation Systems: Reiter, Dale


Title: Building Natural Language Generation Systems Series Title: Studies in Natural Language Processing Published: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
                http://us.cambridge.org

Author: Ehud Reiter Author: Robert Dale Paperback: ISBN: 052102451X Pages: 270 Price: U.K. £ 21.99
Paperback: ISBN: 052102451X Pages: 270 Price: U.S. $ 37.99
Abstract:

This book explains how to build Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems -computer software systems which use techniques from artificial intelligenceand computational linguistics to automatically generate understandabletexts in English or other human languages, either in isolation or as partof multimedia documents, Web pages, and speech output systems. Typicallystarting from some non-linguistic representation of information as input,NLG systems use knowledge about language and the application domain toautomatically produce documents, reports, explanations, help messages, andother kinds of texts. The book covers the algorithms and representationsneeded to perform the core tasks of document planning, microplanning, andsurface realization, using a case study to show how these components fittogether. It also discusses engineering issues such as system architecture,requirements analysis, and the integration of text generation intomultimedia and speech output systems.



"Consistent and well-developed...a valuable guide..." General Linguistics

Figures;Preface;1. Introduction;2. Natural Language Generation in practice;3. The architecture of a Natural Language Generation system;4. Document planning;5. Microplanning;6. Surface realisation;7. Beyond text generation;Appendix;References;Index.


Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
Written In: English (eng )

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