Query modifications patterns during Web searching

Proceedings - International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations, ITNG 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 439-444

  Jansen, Bernard J ^a   Spink, Amanda ^b   Narayan, Bhuva ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Query reformulation; Search engines; Web queries; Web searching; Web sessions

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; QUERY PROCESSING; SEARCH ENGINES;

QUERY REFORMULATION; WEB QUERIES; WEB SESSIONS;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 34548130840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITNG.2007.164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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