Programming in Everyday Language: A Case for Email Management

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 821-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toru Sugimoto ◽  
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Noriko Ito ◽  
Shino Iwashita ◽  
Michio Sugeno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language ◽  
Programming System ◽  
Computing Systems ◽  
Everyday Language ◽  
Program Generation ◽  
Management Domain ◽  
Natural Language Interface ◽  
Task Specification ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Email Management

We present a processing model of a natural language interface that accepts task specification texts consisting of more than one sentence. Such an interface enables users to easily specify complex requests as coherent texts, in other words, to write a program in everyday language, to operate computing systems. Corresponding to the characteristics of task specification texts, processing consists of paraphrasing, detection of loop structures, and executable program generation using rhetorical information. Algorithms have been fully implemented in our everyday language programming system that deals with personal email management tasks. In this paper, we explain our processing model using an example from the email management domain, give evaluation results, and discuss its effectiveness and future work.

A Proposal of a Language-Based Context-Sensitive Programming System

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1015-1022
Author(s):  
Toru Sugimoto ◽  
◽  
Noriko Ito ◽  
Shino Iwashita ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Context Dependency ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Program Execution ◽  
Programming System ◽  
Computing Systems ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Text Understanding ◽  
Input Text ◽  
Novice Users ◽  
Task Specification

This paper describes a programming system with which even novice users can easily specify complex requests as natural language texts, in other words, write programs in everyday language, to operate computing systems. Based on a study of task specification texts written by non-programmers, the processing model is designed so that implicit and ambiguous information in an input text is detected and transformed into an explicit executable program structure. Context dependency in programming is also considered. Context-dependent factors in the situation of program development and the situation of program execution are considered in text understanding and program execution phases, bridging the gap between these two contexts. We have developed a prototype system that deals with personal email management tasks. In this paper, we explain our processing model, give evaluation results, and discuss our proposal’s effectiveness and projected work.

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