Title :
Query-free information retrieval
Author :
Hart, P.E. ; Graham, James
Author_Institution :
Ricoh Silicon Valley, Menlo Park, CA
Abstract :
To liberate users from burdensome information-retrieval activities while incurring minimal system-development and runtime costs, the authors present query-free information retrieval. Their system, Fixit, integrates an expert diagnostic system with a preexisting full-text database of maintenance manuals
Keywords :
cooperative systems; diagnostic expert systems; full-text databases; information retrieval; maintenance engineering; software agents; Fixit; cooperative information systems; expert diagnostic system; full-text database; maintenance manuals; minimal system-development; query-free information retrieval; runtime costs; software agents; Costs; Databases; Diagnostic expert systems; Expert systems; Fault diagnosis; Information retrieval; Information systems; Intelligent agent; Runtime; Silicon;
Journal_Title :
IEEE Expert