Framework for tasks suggestion on web search based on unsupervised learning techniques

Search systems have played an essential role in improving user experience and information accessibility on the web, allowing users to express their information needs (provided as search queries) and serving users with the results that satisfy those needs. However, a user’s search task can be complex...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Alsulmi, Reham Alshamarani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319157821001373
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description Search systems have played an essential role in improving user experience and information accessibility on the web, allowing users to express their information needs (provided as search queries) and serving users with the results that satisfy those needs. However, a user’s search task can be complex and may not be expressed using a single search query, requiring the user to write several queries to fulfill all the aspects of his or her needs. In such scenarios, an intelligent search system would be beneficial to identify and understand the original search task issued by a user and then suggest several search tasks (in a form of key-phrases or short topics) related to the original search task. Aiming to tackle this limitation, this paper proposes a framework for applying several unsupervised learning approaches, including topic modeling and log mining. The results of applying these approaches to large user session data show that, indeed, these approaches would be applicable in search suggestion and task recommendation, reaching a significant improvement over a strong baseline.
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spelling doaj.art-c8e4ac482e9e4d8db54ce999bb10ac7c2022-12-22T02:51:34ZengElsevierJournal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences1319-15782022-09-0134855255532Framework for tasks suggestion on web search based on unsupervised learning techniquesMohammad Alsulmi0Reham Alshamarani1Corresponding author.; Department of Computer Science, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Computer Science, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaSearch systems have played an essential role in improving user experience and information accessibility on the web, allowing users to express their information needs (provided as search queries) and serving users with the results that satisfy those needs. However, a user’s search task can be complex and may not be expressed using a single search query, requiring the user to write several queries to fulfill all the aspects of his or her needs. In such scenarios, an intelligent search system would be beneficial to identify and understand the original search task issued by a user and then suggest several search tasks (in a form of key-phrases or short topics) related to the original search task. Aiming to tackle this limitation, this paper proposes a framework for applying several unsupervised learning approaches, including topic modeling and log mining. The results of applying these approaches to large user session data show that, indeed, these approaches would be applicable in search suggestion and task recommendation, reaching a significant improvement over a strong baseline.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319157821001373Web searchInformation retrievalTopic modelingSearch log miningEvaluation
spellingShingle Mohammad Alsulmi
Reham Alshamarani
Framework for tasks suggestion on web search based on unsupervised learning techniques
Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences
Web search
Information retrieval
Topic modeling
Search log mining
Evaluation
title Framework for tasks suggestion on web search based on unsupervised learning techniques
title_full Framework for tasks suggestion on web search based on unsupervised learning techniques
title_fullStr Framework for tasks suggestion on web search based on unsupervised learning techniques
title_full_unstemmed Framework for tasks suggestion on web search based on unsupervised learning techniques
title_short Framework for tasks suggestion on web search based on unsupervised learning techniques
title_sort framework for tasks suggestion on web search based on unsupervised learning techniques
topic Web search
Information retrieval
Topic modeling
Search log mining
Evaluation
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319157821001373
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