A ''softening'' of the hard Boolean scheme for information retrieval is presented. In this approach, information retrieval is seen as a multicriteria decision-making activity in which the criteria to be satisfied by the potential solutions, i.e., the archived documents, are the requirements expressed in the query. The retrieval function is then an overall decision function evaluating the degree to which each potential solution satisfies a query consisting of information requirements aggregated by operators. Linguistic quantifiers and a connector dealing with primary and optional criteria are defined and introduced in the query language in order to specify the aggregation criteria of the single query requirements. These criteria make it possible for users to express queries in a simple and self-explanatory manner. In particular, linguistic quantifiers are defined which capture the intrinsic vagueness of information needs

Bordogna, G., Pasi, G. (1995). Linguistic Aggregation Operators of Selection Criteria in Fuzzy Information Retrieval. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, 10(2), 233-248 [10.1002/int.4550100205].

Linguistic Aggregation Operators of Selection Criteria in Fuzzy Information Retrieval

Pasi, G
1995

Abstract

A ''softening'' of the hard Boolean scheme for information retrieval is presented. In this approach, information retrieval is seen as a multicriteria decision-making activity in which the criteria to be satisfied by the potential solutions, i.e., the archived documents, are the requirements expressed in the query. The retrieval function is then an overall decision function evaluating the degree to which each potential solution satisfies a query consisting of information requirements aggregated by operators. Linguistic quantifiers and a connector dealing with primary and optional criteria are defined and introduced in the query language in order to specify the aggregation criteria of the single query requirements. These criteria make it possible for users to express queries in a simple and self-explanatory manner. In particular, linguistic quantifiers are defined which capture the intrinsic vagueness of information needs
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Information Retrieval, Query Languages, Linguistic Aggregation Operators
English
1995
10
2
233
248
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Bordogna, G., Pasi, G. (1995). Linguistic Aggregation Operators of Selection Criteria in Fuzzy Information Retrieval. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, 10(2), 233-248 [10.1002/int.4550100205].
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