DocumentCode
986716
Title
Searching for Definitional Answers on the Web Using Surface Patterns
Author
Figueroa, A. ; Neumann, G. ; Atkinson, J.
Author_Institution
German Res. Center for Artificial Intell.
Volume
42
Issue
4
fYear
2009
fDate
4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
68
Lastpage
76
Abstract
A novel question-answering system employs query rewriting techniques to increase the probability of extracting nuggets from various Web snippets by matching surface patterns. Experimental results show the approach´s promise versus existing techniques.
Keywords
Internet; query processing; rewriting systems; Web; matching surface patterns; query rewriting techniques; question-answering system; Artificial intelligence; Data mining; Frequency; Information filtering; Information filters; Pattern matching; Pattern recognition; Search engines; Web search; Wikipedia; natural-language processing; question-answering systems; text mining; text retrieval;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MC.2009.129
Filename
5054874
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