A Formalization of Logical Imaging for Information Retrieval Using Quantum Theory

Author

Zuccon, G. ; Azzopardi, L.A. ; van Rijsbergen, C.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow

fYear

2008

fDate

1-5 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

8

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a formalization of Logical Imaging applied to IR in terms of Quantum Theory through the use of an analogy between states of a quantum system and terms in text documents. Our formalization relies upon the Schrodinger Picture, creating an analogy between the dynamics of a physical system and the kinematics of probabilities generated by Logical Imaging. By using Quantum Theory, it is possible to model more precisely contextual information in a seamless and principled fashion within the Logical Imaging process. While further work is needed to empirically validate this, the foundations for doing so are provided.

Keywords

formal logic; information retrieval; probability; quantum computing; text analysis; Schrodinger Picture; information retrieval; logical imaging process; probability kinematic; quantum system; quantum theory; text document; Context modeling; Expert systems; Image databases; Image retrieval; Information retrieval; Kinematics; Optical imaging; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics; Solid modeling; Information Retrieval; Logical Imaging; Quantum Theory; kinematics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Application, 2008. DEXA '08. 19th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Turin

ISSN

1529-4188

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3299-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.2008.69

Filename

4624683