A generative retrieval model for structured documents

International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1163-1172

  Zhao, Le ^a   Callan, Jamie ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Generative model; Indri query language; Language model; Question answering; Structured retrieval; XML retrieval

Indexed keywords

GENERATIVE MODEL; INDRI QUERY LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE MODEL; QUESTION ANSWERING; STRUCTURED RETRIEVAL; XML RETRIEVAL;

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MARKUP LANGUAGES; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; XML;

QUERY LANGUAGES;

EID: 70349234518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1458082.1458236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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