Simple Questions for Interactive Information Retrieval

Abstract

We explore simple questions that can be used for interactive information retrieval. We develop four techniques that have the potential to be used in an interactive setting. The techniques are designed to be easy to use and understand, and provide good improvements in performance with minimal effort from the user. We test the automatic versions of the techniques in two environments known to be difficult, and report significant improvements in performance as measured by MAP and GMAP over pseudo-relevance feedback. Our successful testing of one of the techniques in an interactive setting encourages the pursuit of more similar techniques to improve information retrieval with a new approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA479245

Entities

People

  • Giridhar Kumaran
  • James Allan

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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  • Abstracts
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Automatic
  • Base Lines
  • Computer Science
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Domain Specific Programming Languages
  • Estrogens
  • Feedback
  • Information Retrieval
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  • New York
  • Precision
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Standards
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Information Retrieval