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A Formal Model of Information Retrieval Based on User Sensitivities
Author(s) -
Mehdi Adda
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
procedia computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 76
ISSN - 1877-0509
DOI - 10.1016/j.procs.2013.06.058
Subject(s) - computer science , information retrieval , search engine , web search query , world wide web , query expansion , information needs , space (punctuation) , web query classification , operating system
earch engines are a very important web applications used by millions of users around the world on a daily basis to search the Web. Finding relevant information in this growing space is challenging, and is complicated by the diversity and needs of the community of Web users. Indeed, the Web is one, but the needs of users are multiple and different. Thus, information relevancy is not only related to the formulated query, but also to the user who is formulating this query. For example, user sensitivities may enhance information relevancy. In this paper, we are proposing to derive a formal model of user sensitivities integration into search engines

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