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OverviewThis work discusses issues in generating coherent, effective natural language descriptions with integrated text and examples. This is done in the context of a system for generating documentation dynamically from the underlying software representations. Good documentation is critical for user acceptance of any complex system. Advances in areas such as knowledge-based systems, natural language and multimedia generation now make it possible to investigate the automatic generation of documentation from the underlying knowledge bases. This has several important benefits: it is always accessible; it is always current, because the documentation reflects the underlying representation; and, it can take the communication context, such as the user, into account. The work described in this book brings together results from cognitive psychology and education on effective presentation of examples, as well as work on computational generation of examples from intelligent tutoring systems. It also takes into account work in machine learning on computational learning from examples, and characterization of good examples for just this purpose. Issues arising from these research areas - as well as issues coming from the author's own corpus analysis of instructional and explanatory texts - are discussed in the context of generating natural language descriptions of software constructs. A text planner is used in terms of a hierarchy of communicative goals. Examples are treated as an integral part of the planning process and their interaction with text is represented at all stages. The strengths and limitations of this approach are also discussed. Although the focus of this book is the generation of natural language descriptions, a similar set of issues need to be addressed in the generation of multimedia descriptions. This book should be of interest to all researchers working in the areas of natural language interfaces, intelligent tutoring systems, documentation and technical writing, and educational psychology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vibhu O. MittalPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Psychology Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9780805824148ISBN 10: 0805824146 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 01 December 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Preface. Introduction. Related Work. Issues in the Integration of Text and Examples. A Categorization of Example Types. The System Implementation. Generating Descriptions. Negative Examples and Their Effect on Explanations. The Effect of the Text Type on Descriptions. Evaluation. Conclusions. Appendices: Some Descriptions of a LIST. The Heuristics Used in the System. Possible Extensions: A Knowledge Base Interface. Sample Descriptions in LISP Planned by the System.ReviewsIt is an interesting book to read, and I would recommend it both to those working on text planning and those with an interest in the use of examples. -Computational Linguistics, Canadian """It is an interesting book to read, and I would recommend it both to those working on text planning and those with an interest in the use of examples."" —Computational Linguistics, Canadian" Author InformationVibhu O. Mittal Just Research and Language Technologies Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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