A probabilistic fusion framework

Yael Anava, Anna Shtok, Oren Kurland, Ella Rabinovich

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Abstract

There are numerous methods for fusing document lists retrieved from the same corpus in response to a query. Many of these methods are based on seemingly unrelated techniques and heuristics. Herein we present a probabilistic framework for the fusion task. The framework provides a formal basis for deriving and explaining many fusion approaches and the connections between them. Instantiating the framework using various estimates yields novel fusion methods, some of which significantly outperform state-of-the-art approaches.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCIKM 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
Pages1463-1472
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781450340731
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Oct 2016
Event25th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, CIKM 2016 - Indianapolis, United States
Duration: 24 Oct 201628 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Proceedings
Volume24-28-October-2016

Conference

Conference25th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, CIKM 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityIndianapolis
Period24/10/1628/10/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Decision Sciences
  • General Business, Management and Accounting

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