This paper proposes a method of collecting a dozen terms that are closely related to a given seed term. The proposed method consists of three steps. The first step, compiling cor...
We have customized learning object metadata (LOM) for educational resources on the basis of the LOM investigated by IEEE [1] and IMS [2], in order to make it consistent with Japan...
In this paper we present a methodology to extract information from the Web to build a taxonomy of terms and Web resources for a given domain. This taxonomy represents a hierarchy o...
This paper provides an overview of experiments carried out at the TREC 2004 Terabyte Track using the Indri search engine. Indri is an efficient, effective distributed search engin...
Donald Metzler, Trevor Strohman, Howard R. Turtle,...
We investigate the use of probabilistic models and cost-benefit analyses to guide the operation of a Web-based question-answering system. We first provide an overview of research ...
David Azari, Eric Horvitz, Susan T. Dumais, Eric B...