CONSTRUCTION DATABASE MANAGEMENT BY NATURAL LANGUAGE

The objective of this paper is to show how contractors can implement microcomputers to database management systems by natural language to easily analyze the mountain of information generated in today's construction environment. Conventional database management systems require that the person using a microcomputer have extensive knowledge of the contents and organization of the database. The natural language system allows an inexperienced contractor to retrieve information by asking questions in a conversational English manner, permitting the production of reports without the intervention of the data processing department. Two commercially available systems designed for microcomputers are reviewed, and their application in construction is discussed.

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• Authors:
  • Kangari, Roozbeh
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 121-122
• Monograph Title: Construction
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1126
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction industry; Contractors; Databases; Information retrieval; Management; Microcomputers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Management systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; Public Transportation; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00469489
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309045177
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 31 1988 12:00AM