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On Modelling Cooperative Retrieval Using an Ontology-Based Query Refinement Process

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In this paper we present an approach for the interactive refinement of ontology-based queries. The approach is based on generating a lattice of the refinements, that enables a step-by-step tailoring of a query to the current information needs of a user. These needs are implicitly elicited by analysing the user’s behaviour during the searching process. The gap between a user’s need and his query is quantified by measuring several types of query ambiguities, which are used for ranking of the refinements. The main advantage of the approach is a more cooperative support in the refinement process: by exploiting the ontology background, the approach supports finding “similar” results and enables efficient relaxing of failing queries.

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  1. Institute AIFB, Research Group Knowledge Management, University of Karlsruhe, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Nenad Stojanovic

  2. FZI, Research Center for Information Technologies at the University of Karlsruhe, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Ljiljana Stojanovic

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  1. Informatica e Automazione, Università Roma Tre, Via Vasca Navale 79, 00146, Roma, Italy

    Paolo Atzeni

  2. Computer Science Department, University of California, 3731 Boelter Hall, 90095, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Wesley Chu

  3. Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P.R. China

    Hongjun Lu

  4. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Fudan University, 200433, China

    Shuigeng Zhou

  5. School of Computing, National University of Singapore,  

    Tok-Wang Ling

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Stojanovic, N., Stojanovic, L. (2004). On Modelling Cooperative Retrieval Using an Ontology-Based Query Refinement Process. In: Atzeni, P., Chu, W., Lu, H., Zhou, S., Ling, TW. (eds) Conceptual Modeling – ER 2004. ER 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3288. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30464-7_34

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