Publications and Research
Document Type
Book Chapter or Section
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
Information retrieval has become very popular over the last decade with the advent of the Web. Nevertheless, searching on the Web is very different to searching on smaller, often more structured collections such as digital libraries, local Web sites and intranets. One way of helping the searcher locating the right information for a specific information need is by providing well-structured domain knowledge to assist query modification and navigation. There are two challenges: acquiring the domain knowledge and adapting it automatically to the specific interests of the user community. We will outline how a domain model can be automatically acquired using search engine query logs and continuously be updated using methods resembling ant colony behaviour.
Comments
This work was originally published in Advanced Language Technologies for Digital Libraries, volume 6699 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science.