Name Searching and Information Retrieval
cmp-lg
2008-02-03 v2 计算与语言
摘要
The main application of name searching has been name matching in a database of names. This paper discusses a different application: improving information retrieval through name recognition. It investigates name recognition accuracy, and the effect on retrieval performance of indexing and searching personal names differently from non-name terms in the context of ranked retrieval. The main conclusions are: that name recognition in text can be effective; that names occur frequently enough in a variety of domains, including those of legal documents and news databases, to make recognition worthwhile; and that retrieval performance can be improved using name searching.
引用
@article{arxiv.cmp-lg/9706017,
title = {Name Searching and Information Retrieval},
author = {Paul Thompson and Christopher C. Dozier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cmp-lg/9706017},
year = {2008}
}