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Mapping the Question Answering Domain

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Digital Libraries: Universal and Ubiquitous Access to Information (ICADL 2008)

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We present a trend analysis of the question answering (QA) domain. Bibliometric mapping was used to sketch the boundary of the domain by uncovering the topics central to and peripheral to QA research in the new millennium. This paper visualizes the evolution of concepts in the QA domain by studying the dynamics of the QA research during the periods 2000 – 2003 and 2004 – 2007. It was found that question classification, answer extraction, information retrieval, user interface, performance evaluation, web, & natural language were the main topics in current QA research.

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  1. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637718

    Mohan John Blooma, Alton Yeow Kuan Chua & Dion Hoe-Lian Goh

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PP, Swansea, UK

    George Buchanan

  2. Computer Science Department, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Masood Masoodian

  3. Computer Science Department, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Sally Jo Cunningham

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Blooma, M.J., Chua, A.Y.K., Goh, D.HL. (2008). Mapping the Question Answering Domain. In: Buchanan, G., Masoodian, M., Cunningham, S.J. (eds) Digital Libraries: Universal and Ubiquitous Access to Information. ICADL 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5362. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89533-6_52

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