Generative model-based metasearch for data fusion in information retrieval

Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 153-162

  Efron, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

DataFusion; Digital libraries; Generative models; Information retrieval; Metasearch; Probabilistic models

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN PARAMETER ESTIMATION; GENERATIVE MODEL; GENERATIVE MODELS; METASEARCH; MULTINOMIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; PROBABILISTIC PROCESS; SUPPORT OPERATIONS;

DATA FUSION; GEMS; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION FUSION; INFORMATION SERVICES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 70450245153     PISSN: 15525996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1555400.1555426     Document Type: Conference Paper

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