Automatic query expansion based on directed divergence

Proceedings - International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing, ITCC 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 8-15

  Cai, D ^a   Van Rijsbergen, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data mining; Feedback; Frequency measurement; Information retrieval; Information theory; Mathematical model; Power measurement; Power system modeling; Probability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA MINING; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; EXPANSION; FEEDBACK; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

AUTOMATIC QUERY EXPANSION; DIRECTED DIVERGENCE; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTIONS; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; INFORMATIVE NESS; INFORMATIVE TERMS; POWER SYSTEM MODEL; TEXT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 84949764297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITCC.2002.1000352     Document Type: Conference Paper

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