From natural language to shell script: A case-based reasoning system for automatic UNIX programming

摘要

We present a case-based approach for natural language interface to a UNIX system with automatic programming ability. Natural language commands are analyzed by case-based parsing and then transformed into UNIX shell-scripts by case-based planning with derivational analogy. Our system, a Dialogue Interface to uNIX (DINX) demonstrates that natural language parsing should be augmented with automatic programming to provide efficient and user friendly interfaces. We suggest case-based reasoning as a unifying framework to combine natural language parsing with automatic programming in a synergistic way.