Structure of morphologically expanded queries : a genetic algorithm approach

In this paper we deal with two issues. First, we discuss the negative effects of term correlation in query expansion algorithms, and we propose a novel and simple method (query clauses) to represent expanded queries which may alleviate some of these negative effects. Second, we discuss a method to o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Zaragoza, Hugo, Pérez Agüera, José R., Pérez Iglesias, Joaquín, Araujo Serna, M. Lourdes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/19993
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/19993
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:information retrieval
query reformulation
genetic algorithms
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Sumario:In this paper we deal with two issues. First, we discuss the negative effects of term correlation in query expansion algorithms, and we propose a novel and simple method (query clauses) to represent expanded queries which may alleviate some of these negative effects. Second, we discuss a method to optimize local query-expansion methods using genetic algorithms, and we apply this method to improve stemming. We evaluate this method with the novel query representation method and show very significant improvements for the problem of stemming optimization.