Question answering (QA) systems aim at retrieving precise information from a large collection of documents. To be considered as reliable by users, a QA system must provide element...
A well-known challenge of information retrieval is how to infer a user's underlying information need when the input query consists of only a few keywords. Question Answering (...
Most applications developed today rely on a given middleware platform which governs the interaction between components, the access to resources, etc. To decide, which platform is ...
Abstract. Can a system designed primarily for the purpose of databasetype storage and retrieval be used for information-retrieval tasks? This was one of the questions that led us t...
Abstract. The question answering systems are considered the next generation of search engines. This paper focuses on the first step of this process, which is to search for relevant...