Using concept hierarchies to enhance user queries in Web-based information retrieval

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference. Applied Informatics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 153-159

  Sieg, Ahu ^a   Mobasher, Bamshad ^a   Lytinen, Steve ^a   Burke, Robin ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept hierarchies; Information retrieval; Intelligent agents; Query enhancement

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FEEDBACK; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; QUERY LANGUAGES; SEARCH ENGINES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CONCEPT HIERARCHIES; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; INTERACTIVE QUERY ENHANCEMENT; QUERY ENHANCEMENT;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 11144252738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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