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A linguistic approach to the development of Object Oriented Systems using the NL system LOLITA

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Object-Oriented Methodologies and Systems (ISOOMS 1994)

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The problem tackled in this paper is that of using computer aided techniques to facilitate the building of Object Oriented models from natural language requirements. The authors believe that this could be achieved by the use of a Natural Language Processing System built according to the Natural Language Engineering principles such as LOLITA. The paper is devoted to explore this possibility and to show its potential using the Object Modeling Technique (OMT).

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica e Studi Aziendali, University of Trento, Via Inama 5, 38100, Trento, Italy

    Luisa Mich

  2. Laboratory for Natural Language Engineering Department of Computer Science, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, Durham, England

    Roberto Garigliano

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Mich, L., Garigliano, R. (1994). A linguistic approach to the development of Object Oriented Systems using the NL system LOLITA. In: Bertino, E., Urban, S. (eds) Object-Oriented Methodologies and Systems. ISOOMS 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 858. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0014037

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