PROLOG for Natural Language Processing

For anyone who has to construct a natural language interface this book will provide a clearly written and well-organised overview of current problems and suggested solutions.

The authors provide examples of real problems, brief resumes of the state of the art in each area covered, pointers for further reading and investigation, plus examples of working programs and exercises. An important feature of the book is the range of difficulty of the problems covered: from explanation of basic concepts right through to the much more difficult and complex areas.

Whether your background is computer science, linguistics, or neither you should find this book accessible. The only knowledge assumed is basic computer literacy and familiarity with your operating system. Some elementary knowledge of logic and first order predicate calculus is helpful but not essential.

Students of computer science, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, and user interface design will find this a source of future research ideas as well as a practical introduction to the subject. For the professional programmer the book provides an easily accessible overview with realistic examples.