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The Berkeley UNIX Consultant Project

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Wissensbasierte Systeme

Part of the book series: Informatik — Fachberichte ((2252,volume 155))

Abstract

Several years ago, we began a project called UC (UNIX Consultant). UC was to function as an intelligent natural language interface that would allow naive users to learn about the UNIX operating system by interacting with the consultant in ordinary English. We sometimes refer to UC as “an intelligent ‘help’ facility” to emphasize our intention to construct a consultation system, rather than a natural language front end to an operating system. Whereas front-ends generally take the place of other interfaces, UC was intended to help the user learn how to use an existing one.

This research was sponsored in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD), ARPA order No. 3041, monitored by the Naval Electronic Systems Commands under contract N00039-82- C-0235 and by the Office of Naval Research under contract N00014-80-C-0732.

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  1. Division of Computer Science Department of EECS, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Ca., 94720, USA

    Robert Wilensky

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  1. Institut für Informatik, TU München, Arcisstraße 21, 8000, München 2, Deutschland

    W. Brauer

  2. FB Informatik, Universität des Saarlandes, Im Stadtwald 15, 6600, Saarbrücken 11, Deutschland

    W. Wahlster

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Wilensky, R. (1987). The Berkeley UNIX Consultant Project. In: Brauer, W., Wahlster, W. (eds) Wissensbasierte Systeme. Informatik — Fachberichte, vol 155. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88719-2_25

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