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CIKM
2007
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Improve retrieval accuracy for difficult queries using negative feedback
How to improve search accuracy for difficult topics is an underaddressed, yet important research question. In this paper, we consider a scenario when the search results are so poo...
Xuanhui Wang, Hui Fang, ChengXiang Zhai
GIR
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Handling Locations in Search Engine Queries
This paper proposes simple techniques for handling place references in search engine queries, an important aspect of geographical information retrieval. We address not only the de...
Bruno Martins, Mário J. Silva, Sérgi...
RIAO
2004
13 years 11 months ago
Cross-Language Image Retrieval via Spoken Query
This paper studies cross-language cross-medium information retrieval. We introduce several approaches to unify the languages and media of queries and documents. We experiment on c...
Wen-Cheng Lin, Ming-Shun Lin, Hsin-Hsi Chen
APWEB
2006
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Sample Sizes for Query Probing in Uncooperative Distributed Information Retrieval
The goal of distributed information retrieval is to support effective searching over multiple document collections. For efficiency, queries should be routed to only those collectio...
Milad Shokouhi, Falk Scholer, Justin Zobel
IFSA
2007
Springer
142views Fuzzy Logic» more  IFSA 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
A New Approach for Boolean Query Processing in Text Information Retrieval
The main objective of an information retrieval system is to be effective in providing a user with relevant information in response to a query. However, especially given the inform...
Leemon C. Baird III, Donald H. Kraft