Combining Term-Based and Category-Based Representations for Entity Search

We describe our participation in the INEX 2009 Entity Ranking track. We employ a probabilistic retrieval model for entity search in which term-based and category-based representations of queries and entities are effectively integrated. We demonstrate that our approach achieves state-of-the-art performance on both the entity ranking and list completion tasks.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: INEX
• Authors: Krisztian Balog, Marc Bron, Maarten de Rijke, Wouter Weerkamp
• Keywords: Entity Ranking, Entity Ranking Track, Entity Search, INEX 2009, Information Management