DOI

Contextual document clustering is a novel approach which uses information theoretic measures to cluster semantically related documents bound together by an implicit set of concepts or themes of narrow specificity. It facilitates cluster-based retrieval by assessing the similarity between a query and the cluster themes' probability distribution. In this paper, we assess a relevance feedback mechanism, based on query refinement, that modifies the query's probability distribution using a small number of documents that have been judged relevant to the query. We demonstrate that by providing only one relevance judgment, a performance improvement of 33% was obtained.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Страницы (с-по)1176-1184
Число страниц9
ЖурналInformation Processing and Management
Том42
Номер выпуска5
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - 1 сен 2006

    Предметные области Scopus

  • Информационные системы
  • Мультимедийная технология
  • Прикладные компьютерные науки
  • Теория управления и исследование операций
  • Библиотечные и информационные науки

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