Lahcen Koutti

Work place: Information Systems and Vision Laboratory, Department Computer Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco

E-mail: lkoutti@yahoo.fr

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Research Interests: Computer systems and computational processes, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, 2D Computer Graphics, Data Structures and Algorithms

Biography

Lahcen Koutti is currently a Professor at Department of Computer Science in Faculty of Science, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco. He received the Ph.D. degree in computational physics in 1999 from University Paul Verlaine, France and the Habilitation degree in 2010, from Ibn Zohr University, Morocco. He was a software engineer in a multinational company "ALDATA". His research interests include Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision. Koutti is a member of the Computer Systems and Vision Laboratory.

Author Articles
A Model of a Generic Natural Language Interface for Querying Database

By Hanane Bais Mustapha Machkour Lahcen Koutti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijisa.2016.02.05, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2016

Extracting information from database is typically done by using a structured language such as SQL (Structured Query Language). But non expert users can’t use this later. Wherefore using Natural Language (NL) for communicating with database can be a powerful tool. But without any help, computers can’t understand this language; that is why it is essential to develop an interface able to translate user’s query given in NL into an equivalent one in Database Query Language (DBQL).
This paper presents a model of a generic natural language query interface for querying database. This model is based on machine learning approach which allows interface to automatically improve its knowledge base through experience. The advantage of this interface is that it functions independently of the database language, content and model. Experimentations are realized to study the performance of this interface and make necessary corrections for its amelioration.

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