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Assisted Query Formulation Using Normalised Word Vector and Dynamic Ontological Filtering

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Flexible Query Answering Systems (FQAS 2006)

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Information seekers using the usual search techniques and engines are delighted by the sheer power of the technology at their command – speed, quantity. Upon closer inspection of the results, and reflection upon the next stages of the information seeking knowledge work, users are typically overwhelmed, and frustrated. We propose a partial solution by focusing on the query formulation aspect of the information seeking problem. First we introduce our version of a semantic analysis algorithm, named Normalised Word Vector, and explain its application in assisted query formulation. Secondly we introduce our ideas of supporting query refinement via Dynamic Ontological Filtering.

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  1. Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845

    Heinz Dreher & Robert Williams

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  1. The European Center for Counterterrorism Research and Studies Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Aalborg University, DK-6700, Esbjerg, Denmark

    Henrik Legind Larsen

  2. DISCO, University Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    Gabriella Pasi

  3. Computer Science Department, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Niels Bohrs Vej 8, 6700, Esbjerg, Denmark

    Daniel Ortiz-Arroyo

  4. Department of Computer Science, Roskilde University, P.O. Box 260, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Troels Andreasen

  5. Research group PLIS: Programming, Logic and Intelligent Systems, Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies, Roskilde University, P.O. Box 260, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Henning Christiansen

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Dreher, H., Williams, R. (2006). Assisted Query Formulation Using Normalised Word Vector and Dynamic Ontological Filtering. In: Larsen, H.L., Pasi, G., Ortiz-Arroyo, D., Andreasen, T., Christiansen, H. (eds) Flexible Query Answering Systems. FQAS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4027. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11766254_24

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