Natural language inputs to a simulation programming system
Subtitle: an introduction
By: by George E. Heidorn
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Digital computer simulation; Queuing theory
Description: A simulation programming system with which models for simple queueing problems can be built through natural-language interaction with a computer is described. In this system the English statement of a problem is first translated into a language-independent entity-attribute-value information structure, which can then be translated back into an equivalent English description and into a GPSS simulation program for the problem. This processing is done on an IBM 360/67 by a FORTRAN program which is guided by a set of stratified decoding and encoding rules written in a grammar-rule language developed for this system. A detailed example of the use of the system is included.
Notes: Title from cover.

"December 1971"--Cover.

"NPS-55HD71121A"--Cover.

DTIC Descriptors: simulation languages, FORTRAN, IBM 360/67 computers, digital simulation.

Author(s) subject terms: digital computer simulation, simulation programming, GPSS, queuing problems, computational linguistics, natural language, stratificational grammar, grammar rule language, mechanical translation, semantics, artificial intelligence.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 49).

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1971

ck/ 8/19/09.