A Bayesian framework for XML information retrieval: Searching and learning with the INEX collection

Information Retrieval

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 655-681

  Piwowarski, Benjamin ^a   Gallinari, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian Networks; Machine learning for structured retrieval; Structured information retrieval; XML

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444413773     PISSN: 13864564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10791-005-0751-6     Document Type: Article

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