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While qualitative analyses of the problems involved in building natural language interfaces (NLIs) have been available, a quantitative grounding in empirical data has been missing. We fill this gap by providing a quantitative analysis on the basis of the Geobase dataset. We hope that this analysis can guide further research in NLIs.
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Cimiano, P., Minock, M. (2010). Natural Language Interfaces: What Is the Problem? – A Data-Driven Quantitative Analysis. In: Horacek, H., Métais, E., Muñoz, R., Wolska, M. (eds) Natural Language Processing and Information Systems. NLDB 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5723. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12550-8_16
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