ContactFinder is an intelligent agent whose approach to assisting users is valuable and innovative in the following four ways. First, ContactFinder operates proactively in reading...
We investigate the use of probabilistic models and cost-benefit analyses to guide the operation of a Web-based question-answering system. We first provide an overview of research ...
David Azari, Eric Horvitz, Susan T. Dumais, Eric B...
The creation of Answer Communities around a FAQs Site is proposed to speed up the process of answering questions. Our approach combines long-term and short-term rewards. Long-term ...
Abstract. This paper describes an approach for the integration of linguistic information in passage retrieval in an open-source question answering system for Dutch. Annotation prod...
TheWorldWideWebcontinues to challenge organizations to makeonline access to their expertise convenient for their clients. Onemeansof expertise access that manyclients find conveni...
Vladimir A. Kulyukin, Kristian J. Hammond, Robin D...