David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

Natural Language Generation Broadens the Reach of Analytics and BI

Posted by David Menninger on Sep 1, 2017 10:09:08 AM

Natural language generation (NLG), the process of generating text or narratives based on a set of data values, can reach a broader audience. NLG narratives can be used for a variety of purposes, but in this perspective I focus on how NLG can be used to enhance business intelligence (BI) processes. In the case of BI, NLG can be used to explain what has happened and why it is happening, and even what actions to take. The NLG narratives can be understood by a broader range of business users than the tables and charts of data that are the typical output of most BI applications or analytics tools.

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Topics: Machine Learning, Natural Language, Analytics, Business Intelligence, NLG