Prism : an answer projection system
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003.
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| author | Wu, Lynn, 1981- |
| author2 | Boris Katz. |
| author_facet | Boris Katz. Wu, Lynn, 1981- |
| author_sort | Wu, Lynn, 1981- |
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| description | Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/180212019-04-12T15:56:23Z Prism : an answer projection system Wu, Lynn, 1981- Boris Katz. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003. MIT Institute Archives copy: p. 29-56 bound in reverse order. Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-56). Prism is an answer projection system that combines the best attributes of traditional and Web-based question answering systems. Traditional question answering systems retrieve answers with pinpoint accuracy but limited coverage, using a small and reliable data source, while Web-based systems retrieve answers with broad coverage but limited accuracy, using a large but noisy data source. By taking advantage of the strengths of each system, an answer projection system can answer as many questions as a Web-based system while still being as accurate as a traditional system. In fact, Prism improves the performance of a traditional question answering system by 25%. It improves the accuracy of answers retrieved from the World Wide Web by 10%, and more importantly, it verifies answers retrieved from the Web by providing reliable supporting documents. By combining Prism with traditional and Web-based systems, we obtain a question answering system with high accuracy and broad coverage. by Lynn Wu. M.Eng. 2005-06-02T19:39:18Z 2005-06-02T19:39:18Z 2003 2003 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/18021 57224520 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 [i], 56 p. 3000639 bytes 3005965 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Wu, Lynn, 1981- Prism : an answer projection system |
| title | Prism : an answer projection system |
| title_full | Prism : an answer projection system |
| title_fullStr | Prism : an answer projection system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prism : an answer projection system |
| title_short | Prism : an answer projection system |
| title_sort | prism an answer projection system |
| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/18021 |
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