Effects of prior knowledge on the effectiveness of a hybrid user model for information retrieval

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6538, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nguyen, Hien ^a   Santos Jr , Eugene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Hybrid user model; Personalized information retrieval; Prior domain knowledge; Relevance feedback; User model

Indexed keywords

HYBRID USER MODEL; PRIOR DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; RELEVANCE FEEDBACK;

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION THEORY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 35648982280     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.722549     Document Type: Conference Paper

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