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Which One Is Better: Presentation-Based or Content-Based Math Search?

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Intelligent Computer Mathematics (CICM 2014)

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Mathematical content is a valuable information source and retrieving this content has become an important issue. This paper compares two searching strategies for math expressions: presentation-based and content-based approaches. Presentation-based search uses state-of-the-art math search system while content-based search uses semantic enrichment of math expressions to convert math expressions into their content forms and searching is done using these content-based expressions. By considering the meaning of math expressions, the quality of search system is improved over presentation-based systems.

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Nghiem, MQ., Kristianto, G.Y., Topić, G., Aizawa, A. (2014). Which One Is Better: Presentation-Based or Content-Based Math Search?. In: Watt, S.M., Davenport, J.H., Sexton, A.P., Sojka, P., Urban, J. (eds) Intelligent Computer Mathematics. CICM 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8543. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08434-3_15

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