The BNR model: Foundations and performance of a Bayesian network-based retrieval model

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 265-285

  De Campos, Luis M ^a   Fernández Luna, Jua M ^a   Huete, Juan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PROBABILITY; QUERY LANGUAGES;

BAYESIAN MODELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0142180171     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2003.07.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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