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Peer reviewedOakes, 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
Budzik, Jay; Hammond, Kristian – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Presents an overview of "Q&A," a Web-based question-answering system that mediates interactions between an expert and a question-asking user. Discusses the system's components and features; details of the implementation; evaluation; and future work. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Download full textTsinakos, Avgoustos A.; Margaritis, Kostantinos G. – 1997
Information retrieval on the World Wide Web has a major obstacle: although data is abundant, it is unlabeled and randomly indexed. This paper discusses the implementation of a consultative Web search engine that minimizes the expertise level that is required from a user to accomplish an advanced search session. The system takes advantage of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Databases, Expert Systems
