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Examining the application of modular and contextualised ontology in query expansions for information retrieval

This research considers the ongoing challenge of semantics-based search from the perspective of how to exploit Semantic Web languages for search in the current Web environment. The purpose of the PhD was to use ontology-based query expansion (OQE) to improve search effectiveness by increasing search precision, i.e. retrieving relevant documents in the topmost ranked positions in a returned document list. Query experiments have required a novel search tool that can combine Semantic Web technologies in an otherwise traditional IR process using a Web document collection.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:546133
Date January 2010
CreatorsGeorge, David
PublisherUniversity of Central Lancashire
Source SetsEthos UK
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Sourcehttp://clok.uclan.ac.uk/1865/

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