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Koyama, Masafumi; Morita, Kazuhiro; Fuketa, Masao; Aoe, Jun-Ichi – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Presents a faster method for determining hierarchical relationships in information retrieval by using trie structures instead of a linear storage of a concept code. Highlights include case structures, a knowledge representation for natural-language understanding with semantic constraints; a compression algorithm of tries; and evaluation.…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Representation

Oakes, Michael P.; Taylor, Malcolm J. – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Reports on the design of an automated query system to help pharmacologists access the Derwent Drug File (DDF). Topics include knowledge types; knowledge representation; role of the search intermediary; vocabulary selection, thesaurus, and user input in natural language; browsing; evaluation methods; and search statement generation for the World…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer System Design, Evaluation Methods, Knowledge Representation