Query expansion based on query log and small world characteristic

Yujuan Cao*, Xueping Peng, Zhao Kun, Zhendong Niu, Gx Xu, Weiqiang Wang

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Abstract

Automatic query expansion is an effective way to solve the word mismatching and short query problems. This paper presents a novel approach to Expand Queries Based on User log and Small world characteristic of the document (QEBUS). When the query is submitted, the synonymic concept of the query is gotten by searching a synonymic concept dictionary. Then the query log is explored and the key words are extracted from the user clicked documents based on small world network (SWN) characteristic. By analyzing the semantic network of the document based on SWN and exploring the correlations between the key words and the queries based on mutual information, high-quality expansion terms can be gotten. The experiment results show that our technique outperforms some traditional query expansion methods significantly.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWeb Information Systems Engineering - WISE 2009
Subtitle of host publication10th International Conference, Proceedings
Pages573-580
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event10th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2009 - Poznan, Poland
Duration: 5 Oct 20097 Oct 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5802 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2009
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityPoznan
Period5/10/097/10/09

Keywords

  • Mutual information
  • Query expansion
  • Query log analysis
  • Small world characteristic

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