Internet search: Subdivision-based interactive query expansion and the soft semantic web

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-383

  Chli, Maria ^a   De Wilde, Philippe ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; Internet search; Query formulation; Search process; Soft semantic web

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; SEARCH ENGINES; SEMANTICS; USER INTERFACES;

CLUSTERING; INTERNET SEARCH; QUERY FORMULATION; SEARCH PROCESS; SOFT SEMANTIC WEB;

INTERNET;

EID: 33746218995     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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