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R2: a natural language question-answering system

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Published:18 May 1971Publication History

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A large number of systems involving computers require a high degree of man-machine interaction. In these systems the capability of the computer to process natural language information would be extremely useful as that eliminates the need for the user to learn various formal languages for the purpose of interaction.

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        AFIPS '71 (Spring): Proceedings of the May 18-20, 1971, spring joint computer conference
        May 1971
        651 pages
        ISBN:9781450379076
        DOI:10.1145/1478786

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