Obtaining language models of web collections using query-based sampling techniques

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 1241-1247

  Monroe, G A ^a   French, J C ^a   Powell, A L ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science; Contracts; Information retrieval; Internet; NASA; Natural languages; Sampling methods; Terminology; Web sites; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; CONTRACTS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; NASA; TERMINOLOGY; WEBSITES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

LANGUAGE MODEL; NATURAL LANGUAGES; SAMPLING METHOD; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; SELECTION ALGORITHM; TEXT COLLECTION; VIABLE SOLUTIONS; WEB COLLECTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS;

EID: 51449112681     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.993982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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