When search is against structured documents, it is beneficial to extract information from user queries in a format that is consistent with the backend data structure. As one step...
An important application of semantic web technology is recognizing human-defined concepts in text. Query transformation is a strategy often used in search engines to derive querie...
Edgar Meij, Marc Bron, Laura Hollink, Bouke Huurni...
Web search logs are of growing importance to researchers as they help understanding search behavior and search engine performance. However, search logs typically contain sensitive...
User clicks on a URL in response to a query are extremely useful predictors of the URL's relevance to that query. Exact match click features tend to suffer from severe data s...
Huihsin Tseng, Longbin Chen, Fan Li, Ziming Zhuang...
Abstract. Anyone offering content in a digital library is naturally interested in assessing its performance: how well does my system meet the users' information needs? Standar...