Use of temporal expressions in web search

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2008

Authors

Sérgio Nunes (Author) FEUP; Cristina Ribeiro (Author) FEUP; Gabriel David (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: ADVANCES IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

Pages: 580-584

30th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2008)

Glasgow, SCOTLAND, MAR 30-APR 03, 2008

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Authenticus ID: P-004-2BR

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78646-7_59

Abstract (EN): While trying to understand and characterize users' behavior online, the temporal dimension has received little attention by the research community. This exploratory study uses two collections of web search queries to investigate the use of temporal information needs. Using state-of-the-art information extraction techniques we identify temporal expressions in these queries. We find that temporal expressions are rarely used (1.5% of queries) and, when used, they are related to current and past events. Also, there are specific topics where the use of temporal expressions is more visible.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5