Query expansion via conceptual distance in thesaurus indexed collections

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-533

  Tudhope, Douglas ^a   Binding, Ceri ^a   Blocks, Dorothee ^a   Cunliffe, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controlled language construction; Controlled languages; Knowledge management systems; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746583216     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410610673873     Document Type: Article

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