Specification By Reformulation: A Paradigm for Building Integrated User Support Environments1

John Yen; Robert Neches; Michael DeBellis

Specification By Reformulation: A Paradigm for Building Integrated User Support Environments¹

John Yen
, Robert Neches
, Michael DeBellis

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

Specification by reformulation is a general interface paradigm. It is an abstraction of retrieval by reformulation, a paradigm used in previous systems for assisting users in formulating database queries. Specification by reformulation serves as a general foundation upon which domain specific applications can be built. To illustrate its usage, we describe three services built within it: a database retrieval aid, a notecards facility, and an electronic-mail interface to an on-line procurement system. Building systems in this way illustrates the concept of an integrated user support environment - a set of cooperating tools for end users that can be extended by application builders.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 1988
Publisher	AAAI press
Pages	814-818
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	0262510553, 9780262510554
State	Published - 1988
Event	7th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 1988 - St. Paul, United States Duration: Aug 21 1988 → Aug 26 1988

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 1988

Conference

Conference	7th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 1988
Country/Territory	United States
City	St. Paul
Period	8/21/88 → 8/26/88

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Artificial Intelligence
Software

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Yen, J, Neches, R & DeBellis, M 1988, Specification By Reformulation: A Paradigm for Building Integrated User Support Environments¹. in Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 1988. Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 1988, AAAI press, pp. 814-818, 7th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 1988, St. Paul, United States, 8/21/88.

Specification By Reformulation: A Paradigm for Building Integrated User Support Environments¹. / Yen, John; Neches, Robert; DeBellis, Michael.
Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 1988. AAAI press, 1988. p. 814-818 (Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 1988).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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