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TCSV
2008
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15 years 6 months ago
A Robust Passage Retrieval Algorithm for Video Question Answering
In this paper, we present a robust passage retrieval algorithm to extend the conventional text question answering (Q/A) to videos. Users interact with our videoQ/A system through n...
Yu-Chieh Wu, Jie-Chi Yang
SIGIR
2006
ACM
16 years 13 hour ago
Answering complex questions with random walk models
We present a novel framework for answering complex questions that relies on question decomposition. Complex questions are decomposed by a procedure that operates on a Markov chain...
Sanda M. Harabagiu, V. Finley Lacatusu, Andrew Hic...
ECIR
2008
Springer
15 years 7 months ago
The Impact of Named Entity Normalization on Information Retrieval for Question Answering
Abstract. In the named entity normalization task, a system identifies a canonical unambiguous referent for names like Bush or Alabama. Resolving synonymy and ambiguity of such name...
Mahboob Alam Khalid, Valentin Jijkoun, Maarten de ...
NAACL
2003
15 years 7 months ago
An Analysis of Clarification Dialogue for Question Answering
We examine clarification dialogue, a mechanism for refining user questions with follow-up questions, in the context of open domain Question Answering systems. We develop an algori...
Marco De Boni, Suresh Manandhar
ESWA
2008
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15 years 6 months ago
A weighted string pattern matching-based passage ranking algorithm for video question answering
Video question answering aims to pinpoint answers in response to user's specified questions. However, most question answering technologies involve in integrating rich specifi...
Yu-Chieh Wu, Jie-Chi Yang, Yue-Shi Lee