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Features
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Data-to-Text Generation Improves Decision-Making

Under Uncertainty
		
by Dimitra Gkatzia, Oliver Lemon, and Verena Rieser
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Domain Transfer for Deep Natural Language
Generation from Abstract Meaning Representations
		
by Nina Dethlefs
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Learning to Generate Descriptions of  
Visual Data Anchored in Spatial Relations
		
by Adrian Muscat and Anja Belz

Columns
	43	 Application Notes
		
Pattern Recommendation in Task-Oriented

Applications: A Multi-Objective Perspective

		
by Xingyi Zhang, Fuchen Duan, Lei Zhang, Fan Cheng,

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	54	 Review Article
		
Gene Expression Programming: A Survey
		
by Jinghui Zhong, Liang Feng, and Yew-Soon Ong

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	 6	 Publication Spotlight
		
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Kay Chen Tan, Graham Kendall,
Yaochu Jin, and Yew Soon Ong

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