Retrieval through explanation: an abductive inference approach to relevance feedback

I. Ruthven; M. Lalmas; C.J. van Rijsbergen; D.G. Bridge; R.M. Byrne; B. O'Sullivan; S. Prestwich; H. Sorensen

Retrieval through explanation: an abductive inference approach to relevance feedback

I. Ruthven, M. Lalmas, C.J. van Rijsbergen, D.G. Bridge (Editor), R.M. Byrne (Editor), B. O'Sullivan (Editor), S. Prestwich (Editor), H. Sorensen (Editor)

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Abstract

Relevance feedback techniques are designed to automatically improve a system's representation of a query by using documents the user has marked as relevant. However, traditional relevance feedback models suffer from a number of limitations that restrict their potential in supporting information seeking. One of the major limitations of relevance feedback is that it does not incorporate behavioural aspects of information seeking - how and why users assess relevance. We propose that relevance feedback should be viewed as a process of explanation and demonstrate how this limitation of relevance feedback techniques can be overcome by a theory of relevance feedback based on abductive inference.

Original language	English
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - 3 Sept 1999
Event	10th Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science - Cork, Ireland Duration: 1 Sept 1999 → 3 Sept 1999

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Conference	10th Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
City	Cork, Ireland
Period	1/09/99 → 3/09/99

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information retrieval
abductive inference
relevance feedback

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