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Arielle A. Gaither – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Bag-of-words is a commonly used text representation method for many text classification applications. However, bag-of-words representation fails to consider the context of the text because it only examines text documents based on the presence of individual words and explores relationships between texts with similar word choices (Bengfort, 2018).…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Classification, Language Usage, Databases
Schymik, Gregory – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Ample evidence exists to support the conclusion that enterprise search is failing its users. This failure is costing corporate America billions of dollars every year. Most enterprise search engines are built using web search engines as their foundations. These search engines are optimized for web use and are inadequate when used inside the…
Descriptors: Indexing, Information Retrieval, Semantics, Online Searching
Lin, Yi-Ling – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation focuses on investigating whether users will locate desired images more efficiently and effectively when they are provided with information descriptors from both experts and the general public. This study develops a way to support image finding through a human-computer interface by providing subject headings and social tags about…
Descriptors: Information Science, Users (Information), Information Retrieval, Access to Information
White, Hollie C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Background: According to Salo (2010), the metadata entered into repositories are "disorganized" and metadata schemes underlying repositories are "arcane". This creates a challenging repository environment in regards to personal information management (PIM) and knowledge organization systems (KOSs). This dissertation research is…
Descriptors: Metadata, Indexing, Classification, Information Management
Chuttur, Mohammad Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In response to the rapid development of digital libraries over the past decade, researchers have focused on the use of metadata as an effective means to support resource discovery within online repositories. With the increasing involvement of libraries in digitization projects and the growing number of institutional repositories, it is anticipated…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Guidelines, Metadata, Information Retrieval
Song, Sang Chul – ProQuest LLC, 2010
An unprecedented amount of information encompassing almost every facet of human activities across the world is generated daily in the form of zeros and ones, and that is often the only form in which such information is recorded. A good fraction of this information needs to be preserved for periods of time ranging from a few years to centuries.…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Sources, Indexing, Access to Information