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In this paper we address the explainability of web search engines. We propose two explainable elements on the search engine result page: a visualization of query term weights and a visualization of passage relevance. The idea is that search…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Ioannis Chios , Suzan Verberne

The crucial role of the evaluation in the development of the information retrieval tools is useful evidence to improve the performance of these tools and the quality of results that they return. However, the classic evaluation approaches…

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Academic search engines allow scientists to explore related work relevant to a given query. Often, the user is also aware of the "aspect" to retrieve a relevant document. In such cases, existing search engines can be used by expanding the…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2020-01-30 Prajna Upadhyay , Srikanta Bedathur , Tanmoy Chakraborty , Maya Ramanath

We present a novel AI-based ideation assistant and evaluate it in a user study with a group of innovators. The key contribution of our work is twofold: we propose a method of idea exploration in a constrained domain by means of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Thomas Sandholm , Sarah Dong , Sayandev Mukherjee , John Feland , Bernardo A. Huberman

Search engines for equations now exist, which return results matching the query's mathematical meaning or structural presentation. Operating over scientific papers, online encyclopedias, and math discussion forums, their content includes…

Digital Libraries · Computer Science 2016-09-13 Deanna C. Pineau

Considering today's web scenario, there is a need of effective and meaningful search over the web which is provided by Semantic Web. Existing search engines are keyword based. They are vulnerable in answering intelligent queries from the…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2013-05-07 Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay , Manoj Sharma , Gajanan Joshi , Trupti Pagare , Adarsha Palwe

In recent years, with the rapid proliferation of research publications in the field of Artificial Intelligence, it is becoming increasingly difficult for researchers to effectively keep up with all the latest research in one's own domains.…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2018-12-19 Jieli Zhou , Yuntao Zhou , Yi Xu

Search queries with superlatives (e.g., best, most popular) require comparing candidates across multiple dimensions, demanding linguistic understanding and domain knowledge. We show that LLMs can uncover latent intent behind these…

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In this paper, we introduce Technical-Embeddings, a novel framework designed to optimize semantic retrieval in technical documentation, with applications in both hardware and software development. Our approach addresses the challenges of…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-09-05 Songjiang Lai , Tsun-Hin Cheung , Ka-Chun Fung , Kaiwen Xue , Kwan-Ho Lin , Yan-Ming Choi , Vincent Ng , Kin-Man Lam

The paper illustrates the research result of the application of semantic technology to ease the use and reuse of digital contents exposed as Linked Data on the web. It focuses on the specific issue of explorative research for the resource…

Digital Libraries · Computer Science 2011-10-12 Riccardo Albertoni , Monica De Martino

The search of information in large text repositories has been plagued by the so-called document-query vocabulary gap, i.e. the semantic discordance between the contents in the stored document entities on the one hand and the human query on…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Bhawani Selvaretnam , Mohammed Belkhatir

Due to the increase of interest in Augmented Reality (AR), the potential uses of AR are increasing also. It can benefit the user in various fields such as education, business, medicine, and other. Augmented Reality supports the real…

Despite considerable progress in neural relevance ranking techniques, search engines still struggle to process complex queries effectively - both in terms of precision and recall. Sparse and dense Pseudo-Relevance Feedback (PRF) approaches…

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We focus on Text-to-SQL semantic parsing from the perspective of retrieval-augmented generation. Motivated by challenges related to the size of commercial database schemata and the deployability of business intelligence solutions, we…

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The patent examination process includes a search of previous work to verify that a patent application describes a novel invention. Patent examiners primarily use keyword-based searches to uncover prior art. A critical part of keyword…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2019-11-26 Arthi Krishna , Ye Jin , Christine Foster , Greg Gabel , Britt Hanley , Abdou Youssef

The large volumes of structured data currently available, from Web tables to open-data portals and enterprise data, open up new opportunities for progress in answering many important scientific, societal, and business questions. However,…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-09-01 Sonia Castelo , Rémi Rampin , Aécio Santos , Aline Bessa , Fernando Chirigati , Juliana Freire

The longitudinal evaluation of retrieval systems aims to capture how information needs and documents evolve over time. However, classical Cranfield-style retrieval evaluations only consist of a static set of queries and documents and…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Jüri Keller , Maik Fröbe , Gijs Hendriksen , Daria Alexander , Martin Potthast , Philipp Schaer

Pre-trained language models have been widely exploited to learn dense representations of documents and queries for information retrieval. While previous efforts have primarily focused on improving effectiveness and user satisfaction,…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Cristina Ioana Muntean , Franco Maria Nardini , Raffaele Perego , Guido Rocchietti , Cosimo Rulli

Web archiving is the process of collecting portions of the Web to ensure that the information is preserved for future exploitation. However, despite the increasing number of web archives worldwide, the absence of efficient and meaningful…

Digital Libraries · Computer Science 2018-10-25 Pavlos Fafalios , Helge Holzmann , Vaibhav Kasturia , Wolfgang Nejdl