Results Fusion in Heterogeneous Information Sources Srikanth Kallurkar
Motivation Low Retrieval Effectiveness in DIR Limitation of Automated Database Selection (ADS) techniques Causes Heterogeneity of information sources Heterogeneous data Possible restrictions to search domains Resultant limitation of Results Fusion techniques
DIR Scheme Information Sources Query Formulator Results Fusionator
Fusion Scheme Heterogeneous Information Sources Recursive Solution Fusion in pairs Catalog Solution Present user with best N results (lists) Annotate each answer with system generated confidence values Heterogeneous Data Cluster Data (Preferably Online) Reduce scope of search Metadata weighted fusion