Constructing an Interactive Natural Language Interface for Relational Databases
Summary: NaLIR: interactive NL interface for relational databases, guiding user interaction to interpret complex queries across domains. Converts NL to SQL with aggregation, nesting, and joins; validated by user studies showing practical usability for naive users. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Fei Li
- 2. H. V. Jagadish
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 3 of 53 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,665 | NEURON: Query Execution Plan Meets Natural Language Processing For Augmenting DB Education | 2019 | SIGMOD | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 11,720 | An Ontology based Dialog Interface to Database | 2018 | SIGMOD | 4.1905499e-05 |
| 11,920 | NL2CM: A Natural Language Interface to Crowd Mining | 2015 | SIGMOD | 4.1905499e-05 |
Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 8 of 8 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | DISCOVER: Keyword Search in Relational Databases | 2002 | VLDB | 0.00065993143 |
| 1,153 | SQAK: Doing More with Keywords | 2008 | SIGMOD | 0.00013633055 |
| 1,168 | SODA: Generating SQL for Business Users | 2012 | VLDB | 0.00013531301 |
| 1,673 | λόγος: A System for Translating Queries into Narratives | 2012 | SIGMOD | 0.00010940091 |
| 1,686 | QUEST: A Keyword Search System for Relational Data based on Semantic and Machine Learning Techniques | 2013 | VLDB | 0.0001090887 |
| 2,027 | Keyword++: A Framework to Improve Keyword Search Over Entity Databases | 2010 | VLDB | 9.7396736e-05 |
| 2,277 | NAUDA: A Cooperative, Natural Language Interface to Relational Databases | 1993 | SIGMOD | 9.1316434e-05 |
| 2,320 | NaLIX: an Interactive Natural Language Interface for Querying XML | 2005 | SIGMOD | 9.0414295e-05 |
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