Are natural language systems for database queries meetingtheir goals? And, are these goals appropriate? The recentlycompleted Advanced Language Project at New York Universitycombined a field experiment with two laboratory studies toexamine these issues by comparing performance between...

There is growing consensus that some of the most crucial questionsconcerning the feasibility and desirability of natural language interfaces todatabases can only be resolved by empirical research. This paper reports theresults of several empirical studies which investigated the...

A methodology is presented for selecting query languages suitable forcertain user types. The method is based on a trend model of querylanguage development on the dimensions of functional capabilities andusability. Expected developments are exemplified by the descriptionof quot;second...