Title :
Searching for Definitional Answers on the Web Using Surface Patterns
Author :
Figueroa, A. ; Neumann, G. ; Atkinson, J.
Author_Institution :
German Res. Center for Artificial Intell.
fDate :
4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel question-answering system employs query rewriting techniques to increase the probability of extracting nuggets from various Web snippets by matching surface patterns. Experimental results show the approach´s promise versus existing techniques.
Keywords :
Internet; query processing; rewriting systems; Web; matching surface patterns; query rewriting techniques; question-answering system; Artificial intelligence; Data mining; Frequency; Information filtering; Information filters; Pattern matching; Pattern recognition; Search engines; Web search; Wikipedia; natural-language processing; question-answering systems; text mining; text retrieval;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2009.129
