Interactive Retrieval Using Weights

Using the same interactive IR component as for TREC 2006, this submission probed the ability of a user without requisite domain knowledge to interactively set appropriate weights. The weighted keyword proximity method employed allowed a computer science undergraduate to achieve rankings above the median for all measures without the use of external knowledge sources or term expansion techniques but in an interactive fashion. This suggests that domain experts should be able to perform above the median reliably, and are expected to excel when they can use domain terminology to their advantage. 1 Motivation BioKI is a system designed for domain experts to formulate queries for literature retrieval. The expert has the option to associate weights with the keywords and is given different contexts to view the results, in order to easily refine the query terms and weights in an interactive fashion. The system targets in particular low-frequency information, nonredundant information that may o...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: TREC
• Authors: Jonathan Schuman, Sabine Bergler
• Keywords: Domain Experts, Interactive Fashion, Requisite Domain Knowledge, TREC 2007, TREC 2008