Title :
Effective text retrieval based on combining evidence from the corpus and users
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA
fDate :
12/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author surveys the representation, query processing and retrieval techniques used in the Inquery system. By combining evidence about relevance from the corpus, individual documents and users, Inquery achieves effective overall recall and precision evaluation while avoiding occasional major failures
Keywords :
Bayes methods; case-based reasoning; deductive databases; full-text databases; knowledge representation; query processing; relevance feedback; system recovery; Inquery system; corpus-based evidence; document-based evidence; evidential reasoning; failure avoidance; information retrieval techniques; knowledge representation; precision evaluation; query processing; recall; relevance evidence; text retrieval; user-based evidence; Aging; Feedback; Indexing; Information retrieval; Intelligent systems; Libraries; Measurement standards; System performance; Testing; Usability;
Journal_Title :
IEEE Expert
