DBLP-SSE: A DBLP Search Support Engine

A Search Support Engine (SSE) is implemented based on the basic principles of Information Retrieval Support Systems (IRSS) and Information Seeking Support Systems (ISSS). An SSE aims at meeting the diversity needs from different users, providing various supporting functionalities, tools, etc. for users to perform various tasks beyond the traditional search and browsing provided by current search engines. As an illustrative example, we developed a DBLP search support engine (DBLP-SSE), and we discuss some concrete supporting functionalities, namely, search refinement support, domain analysis support, etc. Each of the functionality focus on a unique perspective supporting users finding useful information and knowledge from the DBLP dataset. The search support engine can be considered as a step towards Knowledge Retrieval (KR) and Web Intelligence (WI).