Exploring the Query Expansion Methods for Concept Based Representation

Abstract

The CDS track investigates methods that could help physicians nd relevant medical cases for patients they are dealing with. Concept based representation has been shown to be effective in biomedical domain. However, the basic concept based retrieval method may not perform well because of the additional restriction on each clinical cases. Therefore, in this paper we explored two external resources to perform query expansion for the basic concept based representation method, and discussed the performance of them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA618604

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  • Hui Fang
  • Yue Wang

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  • University of Delaware

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