Next: Vocabulary tools for query Up: Relevance feedback and query Previous: Summary Contents Index

Global methods for query reformulation

In this section we more briefly discuss three global methods for expanding a query: by simply aiding the user in doing so, by using a manual thesaurus, and through building a thesaurus automatically.

Subsections

Vocabulary tools for query reformulation
Query expansion
Automatic thesaurus generation

© 2008 Cambridge University Press
This is an automatically generated page. In case of formatting errors you may want to look at the PDF edition of the book.
2009-04-07