The paper proposes an approach to information retrieval based on the use of a structure (ontology) both for document (resp. query) indexing and query evaluating. The conceptual st...
In this paper, we report our approach to retrieve patent documents based on the prior art. We use the standard Information Retrieval (IR) techniques which contain indexing and retr...
Modern web search engines are expected to return top-k results efficiently given a query. Although many dynamic index pruning strategies have been proposed for efficient top-k com...
The success of personal information agents depends on their ability to provide task-relevant information. This paper presents WordSieve, a new algorithm that generates context des...
Regulations require businesses to archive many electronic documents for extended periods of time. Given the sheer volume of documents and the response time requirements, documents...
Soumyadeb Mitra, Marianne Winslett, Windsor W. Hsu