Retrieving answers from frequently asked questions pages on the web

International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 76-83

  Jijkoun, Valentin ^a   De Rijke, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FAQ retrieval; Question answering; Questions beyond fac toids

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEXT PROCESSING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

FAQ RETRIEVAL; QUESTION ANSWERING; QUESTIONS BEYOND FAC-TOIDS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 33745801112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1099554.1099571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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