Semantic search log analysis: A method and a study on professional image search

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 691-713

  Hollink, Vera ^a   Tsikrika, Theodora ^a   De Vries, Arjen P ^a  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; EXISTING METHOD; IMAGE SEARCH; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; LINKED DATUM; LOG ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL IMAGE; QUERY MODIFICATION; SEARCH BEHAVIOR; SEARCH LOGS; SEARCH QUERIES; SEARCH SESSIONS; SEARCHING BEHAVIOR; SEMANTIC APPROACH; SEMANTIC INFORMATION; SEMANTIC SEARCH; SEMANTIC TYPES;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SYNTACTICS;

SEMANTICS;

EID: 79952377852     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21484     Document Type: Article

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