Robert Dale presents a detailed description of the development of algorithms for the generation of referring expressions, and of the underlying structures that motivate these algorithms, in a dynamic domain. He provides a number of novel results in both knowledge representation and natural language generation that should have straightforward applications in other domains. Dale describes EPICURE, a natural language generating system, and its capacity to create referring expressions in a domain embodying several interesting features: The entities in the domain consist of masses and sets as well as the more usual singular individuals; during the development of a discourse, the entities may take on new properties, existing entities may be destroyed, and new entities may be created; and the discourses within which the entities appear are hierarchically structured, allowing for the integration of discourse-structural constraints on the use of anaphoric expressions. EPICURE is designed to generate text from underlying plans. Dale uses cooking recipes as examples, showing how the system must determine what level of explanation is required and how the events in the plan must be modeled to ensure that the references generated are accurate.

Generating Referring Expressions: Constructing Descriptions in a Domain of Objects and Processes (ACL-MIT Series in Natural Language Processing) (ACL-MIT PRESS SERIES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING)

Literature & Fiction

Dale, Robert

History & Criticism

Bradford Books

This book explains how to build Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems--computer software systems that automatically generate understandable texts in English or other human languages. NLG systems use knowledge about language and the application domain to automatically produce documents, reports, explanations, help messages, and other kinds of texts. The book covers the algorithms and representations needed to perform the core tasks of document planning, microplanning, and surface realization, using a case study to show how these components fit together. It is essential reading for researchers interested in NLP, AI, and HCI; and for developers interested in advanced document-creation technology.

Building Natural Language Generation Systems (Studies in Natural Language Processing)

Computers & Technology

Reiter, Ehud

Computer Science

Cambridge University Press

This book explains how to build Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems--computer software systems that automatically generate understandable texts in English or other human languages. NLG systems use knowledge about language and the application domain to automatically produce documents, reports, explanations, help messages, and other kinds of texts. The book covers the algorithms and representations needed to perform the core tasks of document planning, microplanning, and surface realization, using a case study to show how these components fit together. It is essential reading for researchers interested in NLP, AI, and HCI; and for developers interested in advanced document-creation technology.

Drawing on a metaphor from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi, Robert Dale claims that religious leaders must know, as never before, the "shape of the river" of religious and social change. Change, he argues, is the primary context in which Christian ministry now takes place. Pastors and other congregational leaders must embody the timeless values of the Christian message, yet do so in ways that are constantly flexible and open to revision. Fundamental to religious leaders in this new era will be adaptability rooted in character. Leadership for a Changing Church will enable readers to look ahead in anticipation, as they welcome the new challenges presented by ministry in an ever-evolving era.

Leadership for a Changing Church: Charting the Shape of the River

Christian Books & Bibles

Christian Living

ABNDP - Abingdon Press

Lotus Notes for Web Workgroups shows Lotus Notes users how to extend workgroups by embracing the World Wide Web and Internet technologies. InterNotes products, Notes Release 4, and Internet integration are covered including installation, management, customization, and use. IntraNet and Internet users will learn how these groupware capabilities can increase return on investment through collaborative Web content development, team Web surfing, and Usenet Newsgroup management.

Lotus Notes for Web Workgroups: Robert Dale and Barbara Opyt

Opyt, Barbara

Networking & Cloud Computing

Onword Pr

Church leaders want to know that their leadership strategies are informed by Christian teaching and made credible by the authority of Scripture. In addition, pastors have an unquenchable thirst for new and unique approaches to leadership. These needs and many more are met as Robert Dale takes the reader through four primary leadership strategies in the New Testament. Focus is a strategy that one learns through study of Jesus' mission and leadership influence. Flexibility is the strategy learned as the Church expands through the Acts of Apostles. Future-Orientation is the strategy emphasized through the pastoral Epistles. Feasibility is the Strategy developed in the Book of Revelation, when the churches are in crisis or in survival mode. Each strategy is illustrated with practical application for the life of congregations so that leaders can sharpen leadership skills with integrity and authority.

Leading Edge: Leadership Strategies from the New Testament

Religion & Spirituality

Wipf and Stock

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Generating Referring Expressions: Constructing Descriptions in a Domain of Objects and Processes (ACL-MIT Series in Natural Language Processing) (ACL-MIT PRESS SERIES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING)

Building Natural Language Generation Systems (Studies in Natural Language Processing)

Building Natural Language Generation Systems (Studies in Natural Language Processing)

Leadership for a Changing Church: Charting the Shape of the River

Lotus Notes for Web Workgroups: Robert Dale and Barbara Opyt

Leading Edge: Leadership Strategies from the New Testament