Generating synonyms based on query log data

Author

Stelios PAPARIZOS
Tao CHENG
Hady W. LAUW, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Patent

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

4-2010

Abstract

An approach is described for generating synonyms to supplement at least one information item, such as, in one case, a set of related items. The approach can involve an expansion phase, a clean-up phase, and a reduction phase. In the expansion phase, the approach identifies, for each related item, a set of initial synonym candidates. In the clean-up phase, the approach removes noise from the set of initial synonym candidates (if such noise exists), to provide a set of filtered synonym candidate items. In the reduction phase, the approach ranks and applies a threshold (or thresholds) to the set of filtered synonym candidate items, to generate, for each information item, a set of selected synonyms. The approach uses query log data at various points in its operation. The selected synonyms can be used to improve the effectiveness of user searches.

Discipline

Computer Sciences | Databases and Information Systems

First Page

1

Last Page

22

Publisher

USPTO

Citation

PAPARIZOS, Stelios; CHENG, Tao; and LAUW, Hady W.. Generating synonyms based on query log data. (2010). 1-22.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3315

Creative Commons License

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Comments

Granted July 28, 2015

Additional URL

http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=9092517