Theoretical Foundations of the Automatic Production and Processing of Technical Reports

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Jul 1979

Theoretical Foundations of the Automatic Production and Processing of Technical Reports

Robert De Beaugrande

Abstract

The following treatise surveys the issues and approaches for designing a computer system capable of reading, understanding, and writing technical reports. Recent progress in computer science and artificial intelligence research is used to specify the nature of the modules in the system. The processing of a sample text is observed during the phases of reading and writing a report on the origin of sunspots. The author advances some proposals for correlating syntax and semantics of English from a procedural standpoint. The discussion is illustrated with structural diagrams.

Journal: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published: 1979-07-01
DOI: 10.2190/yjdv-5wm8-jpta-kdbg
Topics: multimodality artificial intelligence multilingual writers

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