We introduce a new filtering method for approximate string matching called the suffix filter. It has some similarity with well-known filtration algorithms, which we call factor...
The SEMEX tool for question answering is presented. Its architecture and features for extracting from input text a network of concept nodes that index syntax-based logical forms, ...
We present a clustering algorithm for Arabic words sharing the same root. Root based clusters can substitute dictionaries in indexing for IR. Modifying Adamson and Boreham (1974),...
: This paper describes experiments done on the VLC2 collection at TREC-7. Methods used for indexing text is described together with the results: this includes the official collecti...
Andy MacFarlane, Stephen E. Robertson, Julie A. Mc...
The multiple description coding of an independent and identically distributed Gaussian source over bit error channels is considered. A novel practical multiple description coding ...