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The objective of this paper is to provide a framework and computational model for automatic query expansion using psuedo relevance feedback. We expect that our model can be helpful in dealing with many important aspects in automatic query expansion in an efficient way. We have performed experiments based on our model using TREC data set. Results are encouraging as they indicate improvement in retrieval efficiency after applying query expansion.
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Imran, H., Sharan, A. (2010). A Framework for Automatic Query Expansion. In: Wang, F.L., Gong, Z., Luo, X., Lei, J. (eds) Web Information Systems and Mining. WISM 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6318. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16515-3_48
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