Query formulation as an information retrieval problem

Computer Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Ter Hofstede, A H M ^a   Proper, H A ^a,b   Van Der Weide, T H P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0042102041     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/39.4.255     Document Type: Article

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